Atoposaurus jourdani Meyer 1850 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Atoposauridae

Belongs to Atoposaurus according to J. P. Tennant et al. 2016

See also Gervais 1871, Lortet 1892, Tennant and Mannion 2014 and Wellnhofer 1971

Sister taxon: Atoposaurus oberndorferi

Type specimen: MHNL 15679, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Bugey, Cerin, which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in France.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bugey, Cerin

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