Melitosaurus champsoides Owen 1850 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae

Belongs to Melitosaurus according to C. S. C. Nicholl et al. 2020

See also Kotsakis et al. 2004 and Lydekker 1886

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMUK PV OR41151, a partial skull. Its type locality is Gozo Island, which is in a Burdigalian carbonate limestone in the Globigerina Limestone Formation of Malta.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gozo Island

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