Maledictosuchus nuyivijanan Barrientos-Lara et al. 2018 (marine crocodile)

Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae

Full reference: J. I. Barrientos-Lara, J. Alvarado-Ortega, and M. S. Fernandez. 2018. The marine crocodile Maledictosuchus (Thalattosuchia, Metriorhynchidae) from the Kimmeridgian deposits of Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, southern Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(4):1-14

Belongs to Maledictosuchus according to J. I. Barrientos-Lara et al. 2018

Sister taxon: Maledictosuchus riclaensis

Type specimen: IGM 4863, a partial skull (rostral fragment). Its type locality is Llano Yosobe, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine shale in the Sabinal Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Llano Yosobe

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