†Melitosaurus champsoides Owen 1850 (crocodilian)
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Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Belongs to Melitosaurus according to C. S. C. Nicholl et al. 2020
See also Kotsakis et al. 2004, Lydekker 1886 and Müller 1927
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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