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Maledictosuchus
Temporal range: Middle and Late Jurassic
Holotype skull in multiple views
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • M. riclaensis Parrilla-Bel et al., 2013 ( type)
  • M. nuyivijanan Barrientos-Lara et al., 2018

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]

Holotype skull

Distribution

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]

References

  1. ^ a b Parrilla-Bel, J.; Young, M. T.; Moreno-Azanza, M.; Canudo, J. I. (2013). Butler, Richard J (ed.). "The First Metriorhynchid Crocodylomorph from the Middle Jurassic of Spain, with Implications for Evolution of the Subclade Rhacheosaurini". PLOS ONE. 8 (1): e54275. Bibcode: 2013PLoSO...854275P. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054275. PMC  3553084. PMID  23372699.
  2. ^ Jair I. Barrientos-Lara; Jesús Alvarado-Ortega; Marta S. Fernández (2018). "The marine crocodile Maledictosuchus (Thalattosuchia, Metriorhynchidae) from the Kimmeridgian deposits of Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, southern Mexico". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 38 (4): (1)-(14). doi: 10.1080/02724634.2018.1478419. S2CID  92260550.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Maledictosuchus
Temporal range: Middle and Late Jurassic
Holotype skull in multiple views
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • M. riclaensis Parrilla-Bel et al., 2013 ( type)
  • M. nuyivijanan Barrientos-Lara et al., 2018

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]

Holotype skull

Distribution

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]

References

  1. ^ a b Parrilla-Bel, J.; Young, M. T.; Moreno-Azanza, M.; Canudo, J. I. (2013). Butler, Richard J (ed.). "The First Metriorhynchid Crocodylomorph from the Middle Jurassic of Spain, with Implications for Evolution of the Subclade Rhacheosaurini". PLOS ONE. 8 (1): e54275. Bibcode: 2013PLoSO...854275P. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054275. PMC  3553084. PMID  23372699.
  2. ^ Jair I. Barrientos-Lara; Jesús Alvarado-Ortega; Marta S. Fernández (2018). "The marine crocodile Maledictosuchus (Thalattosuchia, Metriorhynchidae) from the Kimmeridgian deposits of Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, southern Mexico". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 38 (4): (1)-(14). doi: 10.1080/02724634.2018.1478419. S2CID  92260550.

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