Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Alternative combination: Geosaurus vignaudi
Full reference: E. Frey, M.-C. Buchy, W. Stinnesbeck and J.G. Lopez-Oliva. 2002. Geosaurus vignaudi n. sp. (Crocodyliformes: Thalattosuchia), first evidence of metriorhynchid crocodilians in the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of central-east Mexico (State of Puebla). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 39(10):1467-1483
Belongs to Cricosaurus according to J. Parrilla-Bel and J. I. Canudo 2015
See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Buchy et al. 2006, Carbot-Chanona 2014, Frey et al. 2002, 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 saltillensis, Cricosaurus schroderi, Cricosaurus suevicus, Neustosaurus
Type specimen: UANL-FCT-R1, a partial skeleton (incomplete skull and mandible, altas axis, and two cervical vertebrae). Its type locality is Mazatepec (Geosaurus vignaudi Site), which is in a Tithonian offshore limestone in the La Pimienta Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Mazatepec (Geosaurus vignaudi Site)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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