Maledictosuchus Temporal range:
Middle and
Late Jurassic
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Holotype skull in multiple views | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
Suborder: | † Thalattosuchia |
Family: | † Metriorhynchidae |
Tribe: | † Rhacheosaurini |
Genus: | †
Maledictosuchus Parrilla-Bel et al., 2013 |
Species | |
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Maledictosuchus is an extinct genus of marine crocodyliform belonging to the family Metriorhynchidae. It is the most basal member of the Rhacheosaurini Tribe with a relatively short body length, measuring 2.95 m (9.7 ft) based on the type specimen. [1]
Genus includes two species: the type species M. riclaensis, described on the basis of fossils found in Ricla, Spain, [1] and M. nuyivijanan, known from the Late Jurassic ( Kimmeridgian) Sabinal Formation ( Tlaxiaco Basin, Oaxaca, Mexico). [2]
Maledictosuchus Temporal range:
Middle and
Late Jurassic
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Holotype skull in multiple views | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
Suborder: | † Thalattosuchia |
Family: | † Metriorhynchidae |
Tribe: | † Rhacheosaurini |
Genus: | †
Maledictosuchus Parrilla-Bel et al., 2013 |
Species | |
|
Maledictosuchus is an extinct genus of marine crocodyliform belonging to the family Metriorhynchidae. It is the most basal member of the Rhacheosaurini Tribe with a relatively short body length, measuring 2.95 m (9.7 ft) based on the type specimen. [1]
Genus includes two species: the type species M. riclaensis, described on the basis of fossils found in Ricla, Spain, [1] and M. nuyivijanan, known from the Late Jurassic ( Kimmeridgian) Sabinal Formation ( Tlaxiaco Basin, Oaxaca, Mexico). [2]