Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Alternative combinations: Cricosaurus saltillense, Geosaurus saltillense
Full reference: M.-C. Buchy, P. Vignaud, E. Frey, W. Stinnesbeck, and A. H. G. Gonzalez. 2006. A new thalattosuchian crocodyliform from the Tithonian (Upper Jurassic) of northeastern Mexico. Comptes Rendus Palevol 5:785-794
Belongs to Cricosaurus according to J. Parrilla-Bel and J. I. Canudo 2015
See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Buchy et al. 2006, Buchy et al. 2013, Carbot-Chanona 2014, Young and Andrade 2009 and Young et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Cricosaurus albersdoerferi, Cricosaurus araucanensis, Cricosaurus bambergensis, Cricosaurus elegans, Cricosaurus gracilis, Cricosaurus lithographicus, Cricosaurus macrospondylus, Cricosaurus mexicanus, Cricosaurus puelchorum, Cricosaurus rauhuti, Cricosaurus schroderi, Cricosaurus suevicus, Cricosaurus vignaudi, Neustosaurus
Type specimen: CEP1823, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Sierra de Buñuelas, near Gomez Farias, which is in a Tithonian offshore shale in the La Caja Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Mexico (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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