Ieldraan
| Ieldraan Temporal range: Middle Jurassic,
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Suborder: | †Thalattosuchia |
| Family: | †Metriorhynchidae |
| Subtribe: | †Geosaurina |
| Genus: | †Ieldraan Foffa et al., 2017 |
| Species: | †I. melkshamensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Ieldraan melkshamensis Foffa et al., 2017
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Ieldraan is an extinct genus of metriorhynchid thalattosuchian from the Jurassic (Callovian) period Oxford Clay Formation of England. The sole species known is Ieldraan melkshamensis. Researchers have derived a body length estimate of 2.95 to 3.22 m (9.7 to 10.6 ft) based on a 55–60 cm (1 ft 10 in – 2 ft 0 in) long basicranium that was discovered during the 1870s.