Turnersuchus hingleyae Wilberg et al. 2023 (marine crocodile)

Reptilia - Loricata

Full reference: E. W. Wilberg, P. L. Godoy, E. F. Griffiths, A. H. Turner, and R. B. J. Benson. 2023. A new early diverging thalattosuchian (Crocodylomorpha) from the Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) of Dorset, UK and implications for the origin and evolution of the group. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 42(3):e2161909

Belongs to Turnersuchus according to E. W. Wilberg et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: LYMPH 2021/45, a partial skeleton (partial skull, partial mandible, cervical and dorsal vertebrae in articulation and isolated caudal vertebrae, cervical and dorsal ribs, right pectoral girdle (r). Its type locality is 1km west of Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre, which is in a Pliensbachian marine horizon in the Charmouth Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at 1km west of Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre

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