Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Full reference: A. Cau and F. Fanti. 2011. The oldest known metriorhynchid crocodylian from the Middle Jurassic of North-eastern Italy: Neptunidraco ammoniticus gen. et sp. nov. Gondwana Research 19:550-565
Belongs to Neptunidraco according to J. Parrilla-Bel and J. I. Canudo 2015
See also Cau and Fanti 2011
Sister taxon: Steneosaurus barettoni
Type specimen: MGGC 8846/1UCC123b, MGGC 8846/1UCC123a, MPPPL 35, MPPPL 39, a partial skull. Its type locality is Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella, which is in a Bajocian/Bathonian carbonate packstone in the Rosso Ammonitico Veronese Formation of Italy.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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