Machimosaurus mosae Sauvage and Lienard 1879 (marine crocodile)

Reptilia - Loricata

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

See also Delair 1958, Hua 1999, Martin et al. 2015, Pierce et al. 2009 and Young et al. 2014

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

Type specimen: BHN 2R 1100 (neotype). Its type locality is Verdun, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine mudstone in the Marnes a Gryphées virgules d'Issoncourt Formation of France.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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