''Proexochokefalos'' (meaning "big head with big tuberosities") is an extinct genus of

machimosaurid Machimosauridae is an extinct family of teleosauroid thalattosuchian crocodyliforms. Text was copied from this source, which is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License The family was first identified in 2016, ...

teleosauroid from the Jurassic of France

Classification

The type species, ''S. heberti'', was originally named "''Steneosaurus''" ''heberti'' by Morel de Glasville in 1876 from a complete skull and mandible (MNHN.F ) found in the Callovian aged Marnes de Dives near Villers-sur-mer in the Calvados department of Normandy, France. Brignon A. 2018. La découverte du ''Steneosaurus heberti'' Morel de Glasville 1876 dans le Jurassique des Vaches Noires. Fossiles, revue française de Paléontologie, 36:40-46 ''Steneosaurus depressus'' is a junior synonym. Another species referred to the genus, ''Proexochokefalos'' cf. ''bouchardi'' is known from remains from the Calcaire de Caen, France, and

Reuchenette Formation The Reuchenette Formation is a Jurassic geologic formation in Switzerland. It is Kimmeridgian in age and predominantly consists of well stratified limestone, with lithology variable both laterally and stratigraphically including wackestones, pack ...

, Switzerland.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q90545440 Thalattosuchians Callovian life Oxfordian life Kimmeridgian life Late Jurassic reptiles of Europe Middle Jurassic reptiles of Europe Jurassic France Fossils of France Jurassic Switzerland Fossils of Switzerland Fossil taxa described in 2020 Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera