Give it up for #Croctober Day 5
While most frequently associated with coastal marine waters, teleosauroids thalattosuchians are also known to have lived in freshwater habitats.
A good example is Indosinosuchus from the Late Jurassic Phu Kradung Formation of Thailand

Had a random evening of thinking about teleosauroids - as one does - so here's some #paleoart of one, Macrospondylus bollensis, from 2021. This was another excuse for me to draw waves, which is always fun. Remember to go "SPOOOSHHH!" when you draw them, otherwise they don't look right. #sciart

This one took a while, but it's finally out! Our re-description of the most common & iconic teleosauroid 🐊 Macrospondylus bollensis, along with it's enigmatic holotype.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Johnson, M.M., Sachs, S., Young, M.T. et al. A re-description of the teleosauroid Macrospondylus bollensis (Jaeger, 1828) from the Posidonienschiefer Formation of Germany. PalZ (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s125...

I'm happy that our paper on Macrospondylus was published today. This is the first of a series of papers on tetrapods from Holzmaden in which I was involved. A very important paper will in fact be published tomorrow, so stay tuned 🙂!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Science #paleontology #germany

FASCINATING!

"Approximately half of the #teleosauroids in our sample (20 out of 41) show osteological & positional indicators characteristic of this landing posture."

@michela-johnson.bsky.social Eudald Mujal, Samuel L.A. Cooper, Erin E. Maxwell

Novos insights sobre a paleobiogeografia dos crocodilomorfos teleossauróides no Sudeste Asiático www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

ドイツのポシドニエンシーファー層から発見されたテレオサウルス上科のマクロスポンディルス・ボレンシス（Jaeger、1828）の再記載
論文OA link.springer.com/article/10.1...

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Another new paper led by a peer of mine (Michela Johnson). Ontogeny in the Early Jurassic marine crocodylomorph Macrospondylus.
#paleontology #paleobio #evobio 🐊🧪
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...