Ieldraan

Ieldraan; Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, Callovian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Suborder:	†Thalattosuchia
Family:	†Metriorhynchidae
Subtribe:	†Geosaurina
Genus:	†Ieldraan; Foffa et al., 2017
Species:	†I. melkshanensis
Binomial name
	†Ieldraan melkshanensis; Foffa et al., 2017

Ieldraan is an extinct genus of marine crocodyliform in the family Metriorhynchidae from the Jurassic (Callovian) period of England. The sole species in the genus is Ieldraan melkshanensis.^[1]

References[]

^ Foffa, D.; Young, M.T.; Brusatte, S.L.; Graham, M.R.; Steel, L. (2017). "A new metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Oxford Clay Formation (Middle Jurassic) of England, with implications for the origin and diversification of Geosaurini" (PDF). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 16 (13): 1–21. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1367730. hdl:10141/622883. S2CID 135234906.

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[foffaetal2017-1] Foffa, D.; Young, M.T.; Brusatte, S.L.; Graham, M.R.; Steel, L. (2017). "A new metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Oxford Clay Formation (Middle Jurassic) of England, with implications for the origin and diversification of Geosaurini" (PDF). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 16 (13): 1–21. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1367730. hdl:10141/622883. S2CID 135234906.

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