Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Full reference: Y. Herrera, M. S. Fernández, and V. V. Vennari. 2021. Cricosaurus (Thalattosuchia, Metriorhynchidae) survival across the J/K boundary in the High Andes (Mendoza Province, Argentina). Cretaceous Research 118:104673
Belongs to Cricosaurus according to Y. Herrera et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Cricosaurus albersdoerferi, Cricosaurus araucanensis, Cricosaurus bambergensis, Cricosaurus elegans, Cricosaurus gracilis, Cricosaurus lithographicus, Cricosaurus macrospondylus, Cricosaurus mexicanus, Cricosaurus rauhuti, Cricosaurus saltillensis, Cricosaurus schroderi, Cricosaurus suevicus, Cricosaurus vignaudi, Neustosaurus
Type specimen: MCNAM-PV 5096, a partial skull (incomplete cranium from the nasals to the posterior-most 224 region of the right supratemporal fenestra, with part of the mandible and teeth). Its type locality is Arroyo Paulino, which is in a Berriasian slope/ramp reef sandstone/marl in the Vaca Muerta Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Arroyo Paulino
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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