Maledictosuchus

Maledictosuchus
Temporal range: Middle and Late Jurassic
Holotype skull in multiple views
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
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.[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. 1 2 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: e54275. 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. Online edition: e1478419. doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1478419.
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