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Nomenclature; taxonomy; Crocodylomorpha; Metriorhynchidae; Cricosaurus; Cricosaurus grandis; Stenosaurus elegans; Germany; Jurassic; Cretaceous.

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Case 3868: Cricosaurus Wagner, 1858 (Reptilia, Crocodylomorpha, METRIORHYNCHIDAE): proposed conservation of usage by designation of Stenosaurus elegans Wagner, 1852 as the type species

Mark T. Young, Yanina Herrera, Eric Wilberg, Sven Sachs, Pascal Abel, Marco Brandalise de Andrade, “Case 3868: Cricosaurus Wagner, 1858 (Reptilia, Crocodylomorpha, METRIORHYNCHIDAE): proposed conservation of usage by designation of Stenosaurus elegans Wagner, 1852 as the type species”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 82, 2025.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 70.2 and 81.1 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, is to change the type species of Cricosaurus Wagner, 1858 (Reptilia, Crocodylomorpha, METRIORHYNCHIDAE) to prevent nomenclatural instability. Wagner did not specify a type species when establishing  Cricosaurus , and Stenosaurus elegans....

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