Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Full reference: M. T. Young, M. B. de Andrade, S. Etches and B. L. Beatty. 2013. A new metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Lower Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Late Jurassic of England), with implications for the evolution of dermatocranium ornamentation in Geosaurini. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169:820-848
Belongs to Torvoneustes according to M. T. Young et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Torvoneustes carpenteri, Torvoneustes jurensis, Torvoneustes mexicanus
Type specimen: MJML K1863, a skull (Three-dimensionally preserved skull (lacking most of the rostrum), the posterior half of the left mandibular ramus, and seven isolated teeth found in close asso). Its type locality is Studley Grange landfill site, which is in a Kimmeridgian open shallow subtidal carbonate in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Studley Grange landfill site
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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