Maledictosuchus riclaensis Parrilla-Bel et al. 2013 (marine crocodile)

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

Belongs to Maledictosuchus according to J. Parrilla-Bel and J. I. Canudo 2015

See also Parrilla-Bel et al. 2013

Sister taxon: Maledictosuchus nuyivijanan

Type specimen: MPZ 2001/130a, 2001/130b, a skull (Almost complete skull and part of the lower jaw + three vertebrae). Its type locality is Barranco de la Paridera, which is in a Callovian shallow subtidal wackestone/marl in the Ágreda Formation of Spain.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Barranco de la Paridera

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