Machimosaurus hugii Meyer 1837 (marine crocodile)

Reptilia - Loricata - Machimosauridae

Alternative combination: Madrimosaurus hugii

Synonyms: Machimosaurus ferox Sauvage 1874, Machimosaurus interruptus Sauvage 1874, Steneosaurus hulkei Andrews 1913

Belongs to Machimosaurus according to F. Fanti et al. 2016

See also Adams-Tresman 1987, Andrews 1913, Bronzati et al. 2012, Buffetaut 1982, Karl et al. 2006, Krebs 1967, Martin and Vincent 2013, Pierce et al. 2009, Sauvage 1874 and Young et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Machimosaurus buffetauti, Machimosaurus mosae, Machimosaurus nowackianus, Machimosaurus rex

Type specimens:

  • Machimosaurus hugii: SMSS Nr. 96, a tooth. Its type locality is Saint Verena, Solothurn, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine horizon in the Raetschenbank Formation of Switzerland.
  • Machimosaurus ferox:
  • Machimosaurus interruptus:
  • Steneosaurus hulkei: BMNH R2074, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Peterborough area, Leeds Collection, which is in a Callovian offshore mudstone in the Oxford Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (9 collections), Germany (2), Portugal (4), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 18 collections including 20 occurrences

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