Zoneait nargorum Wilberg 2015 (marine crocodile)

Reptilia - Loricata

Full reference: E. W. Wilberg. 2015. A new metriorhynchoid (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Middle Jurassic of Oregon and the evolutionary timing of marine adaptations in thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(2):e902846

Belongs to Zoneait according to E. W. Wilberg 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UOMNH F39539, a partial skeleton (Partial skull, mandibular fragments, two teeth, two humeri, two ulnae, eight partial dorsal ribs, and one caudal vertebra). Its type locality is Suplee, Zoneait nargorum type, which is in an Aalenian/Bajocian marginal marine horizon in the Snowshoe Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of United States (2: Oregon collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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