Maledictosuchus
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
| Maledictosuchus Temporal range: Middle and Late Jurassic | |
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| 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 |
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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]
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References
- 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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054275. PMC 3553084. PMID 23372699.
- 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 (4): (1)-(14). doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1478419.
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