Machimosaurus (marine crocodile)

Reptilia - Loricata - Machimosauridae

Parent taxon: Machimosaurini according to M. T. Young et al. 2024

See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Buffetaut 1982, Carroll 1988, Delair 1958, Hua 1999, Jouve et al. 2016, Karl et al. 2006, Krebs 1967, Martin and Vincent 2013, Meyer 1845, Mueller-Töwe 2005, Pierce et al. 2009, Young 2013 and Young et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Lemmysuchus, Yvridiosuchus

Subtaxa: Machimosaurus buffetauti Machimosaurus hugii Machimosaurus mosae Machimosaurus nowackianus Machimosaurus rex

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Spain (1 collection), Sudan (1), Tunisia (6)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Tunisia (1)

• Jurassic of Ethiopia (1), France (12), Germany (6), Poland (1), Portugal (9), Spain (2), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 44 collections including 47 occurrences

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