Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Full reference: Y. Herrera, M. Aiglstorfer, and M. Bronzati. 2021. A new species of Cricosaurus (Thalattosuchia: Crocodylomorpha) from southern Germany: the first three-dimensionally preserved Cricosaurus skull from the Solnhofen Archipelago. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 19(2):145-167
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 puelchorum, Cricosaurus saltillensis, Cricosaurus schroderi, Cricosaurus suevicus, Cricosaurus vignaudi, Neustosaurus
Type specimen: SNSB-BSPG 1973 I 195, a partial skeleton (skull lacking most of the rostrum and the anterior portion of the mandible). Its type locality is Mörnsheim, which is in a Tithonian carbonate marl in Germany.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Mörnsheim
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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