Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Full reference: J. Parrilla-Bel, M. T. Young, M. Moreno-Azanza and J. I. Canudo. 2013. The first metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Middle Jurassic of Spain, with implications for evolution of the subclade Rhacheosaurini. PLoS ONE 8(1):e54275
Parent taxon: Metriorhynchinae according to M. T. Young et al. 2024
See also Barrientos-Lara et al. 2018, Parrilla-Bel and Canudo 2015 and Parrilla-Bel et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Enalioetes, Enaliosuchus schroederi, Gracilineustes, Metriorhynchus, Rhacheosaurini, Thalattosuchus
Subtaxa: Maledictosuchus nuyivijanan Maledictosuchus riclaensis
Type: Maledictosuchus riclaensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Mexico (1 collection), Spain (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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