Magyarosuchus fitosi Osi et al. 2018 (marine crocodile)

Reptilia - Loricata

Full reference: A. Osi, M. T. Young, A. Galacz and M. Rabi. 2018. A new large-bodied thalattosuchian crocodyliform from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) of Hungary, with further evidence of the mosaic acquisition of marine adaptations in Metriorhynchoidea. PeerJ

Belongs to Magyarosuchus according to A. Osi et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MTM V.97.2-68. Its type locality is Crocodile section, bed 13, Nagy-Pisznice Hill, which is in a Thouarsense carbonate limestone in the Kisgerecse Marl Formation of Hungary.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Crocodile section, bed 13, Nagy-Pisznice Hill

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