Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Full reference: S. Sachs, M. T. Young, J. J. Hornung, T. Cowgill, J. A. Schwab and S. L. Brusatte. 2024. A new genus of metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Lower Cretaceous of Germany. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 22(1):1-37
Belongs to Enalioetes according to S. Sachs et al. 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MM Pa1, a partial skull (Almost complete skull, lacking the anterior portion of the cranium and mandible, with the associated atlas-axis complex and third cervical vertebra.). Its type locality is Tongrube Sachsenhagen, which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian offshore claystone in Germany.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Tongrube Sachsenhagen
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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