Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Full reference: L. C. Girard, S. De Sousa Oliveira, I. Raselli, J. E. Martin, and J. Anquetin. 2023. Description and phylogenetic relationships of a new species of Torvoneustes (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Kimmeridgian of Switzerland. PeerJ 11:e15512
Belongs to Torvoneustes according to L. C. Girard et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Torvoneustes carpenteri, Torvoneustes coryphaeus, Torvoneustes mexicanus
Type specimen: MJSN BSY008-465, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Courtedoux-Bois de Sylleux, Level 4,000 of the Lower Virgula Marls, which is in a Kimmeridgian platform/shelf-margin reef limestone in the Reuchenette Formation of Switzerland.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Courtedoux-Bois de Sylleux, Level 4,000 of the Lower Virgula Marls
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