Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Full reference: Y. Herrera, Z. Gasparini, and M. S. Fernández. 2013. A new Patagonian species of Cricosaurus (Crocodyliformes, Thalattosuchia): first evidence of Cricosaurus in Middle-Upper Tithonian lithographic limestone from Gondwana. Palaeontology 56(3):663-678
Belongs to Cricosaurus according to Y. Herrera et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Cricosaurus albersdoerferi, Cricosaurus araucanensis, Cricosaurus bambergensis, Cricosaurus elegans, Cricosaurus gracilis, Cricosaurus macrospondylus, Cricosaurus mexicanus, Cricosaurus puelchorum, Cricosaurus rauhuti, Cricosaurus saltillensis, Cricosaurus schroderi, Cricosaurus suevicus, Cricosaurus vignaudi, Neustosaurus
Type specimen: MOZ-PV 5787, a skeleton (Skull and postcrania). Its type locality is El Ministerio Quarry, Los Catutos, which is in a Tithonian/Tithonian marine limestone in the Vaca Muerta Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at El Ministerio Quarry, Los Catutos
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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