Mycterosuchus Andrews 1913 (marine crocodile)

Reptilia - Loricata - Teleosauridae

Full reference: C. W. Andrews. 1913. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Marine Reptiles of the Oxford Clay. Based on the Leeds Collection in the British Museum (Natural History), London. Part II

Parent taxon: Teleosauridae according to C. W. Andrews 1913

See also Carroll 1988 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Crocodilaemus, Haematosaurus, Indosinosuchus, Megalosaurus mersensis, Platysuchus, Steneosaurus, Teleosaurinae, Teleosaurus

Subtaxa: Mycterosuchus nasutus

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Type: Mycterosuchus nasutus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Peterborough area, Leeds Collection (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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