Bathysuchus megarhinus Hulke 1871 (marine crocodile)

Reptilia - Loricata

Alternative combination: Teleosaurus megarhinus

Belongs to Bathysuchus according to D. Foffa et al. 2019

See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Delair 1958 and Young and Steel 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH 43086, a partial skull. Its type locality is Kimmeridge Bay, Mansel collection, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine mudstone in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kimmeridge Bay, Mansel collection

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