Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Alternative combination: Purranisaurus westermanni
Full reference: Z. B. Gasparini. 1980. Un nuevo cocodrilo marino (Crocodylia, Metriorhynchidae) del Caloviano del norte de Chile. Ameghiniana 17(2):97-103
Belongs to Metriorhynchus according to J. Parrilla-Bel and J. I. Canudo 2015
See also Gasparini 1980, Gasparini et al. 2008, Young et al. 2010 and Young et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Metriorhynchus blainvillei, Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus, Metriorhynchus casamiquelai, Metriorhynchus geoffroyii, Metriorhynchus hastifer, Metriorhynchus littoreus, Metriorhynchus moreli, Metriorhynchus palpebosus
Type specimen: MGHF 1-010199, a skull (skull with mandible). Its type locality is Immediately north of Placilla de Caracoles, near the cemetery, which is in a Callovian marine shale in the Mina Chica Formation of Chile.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Chile (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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