Andrianavoay (meaning "noble crocodile" in Malagasy) is an extinct genus of teleosauroid from the Bathonian (in the Middle Jurassic) of Madagascar.
The type species, A. baroni, was originally named "Steneosaurus" baroni by ET Newton in 1893 on the basis of a partial skull listed as "NHMUK PV R 1999",Newton R. 1893. On the discovery of a secondary reptile in Madagascar: Steneosaurus baroni; (n sp.). with a reference to some post-Tertiary vertebrate remains from the same country recently acquired by the British Museum (Natural History). Geological Magazine 10: 193-198 and an associated osteoderm from Andranosamonta, Madagascar. In her unpublished 2019 thesis, Michela Johnson coined the nomen (ex dissertatione) Andrianavoay for S. baroni. The genus name was published in 2020.
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