Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Alternative combination: Geosaurus araucanensis
Belongs to Cricosaurus according to J. Parrilla-Bel and J. I. Canudo 2015
See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Nascimento and Zaher 2010, Nascimento and Zaher 2011, Sertich and O'Connor 2014, Young and Andrade 2009 and Young et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Cricosaurus albersdoerferi, Cricosaurus bambergensis, Cricosaurus elegans, Cricosaurus gracilis, Cricosaurus lithographicus, Cricosaurus macrospondylus, Cricosaurus mexicanus, Cricosaurus puelchorum, Cricosaurus rauhuti, Cricosaurus saltillensis, Cricosaurus schroderi, Cricosaurus schroederi, Cricosaurus suevicus, Cricosaurus vignaudi, Neustosaurus
Type specimen: MLP 72-IV-7-1, a partial skeleton (complete skull with mandible, vertebrae, ribs, and forelimb and scapula). Its type locality is Cerro Lotena, which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in the Vaca Muerta Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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