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Maledictosuchus riclaensis

Reptilia - Metriorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Maledictosuchus riclaensis was named by Parrilla-Bel et al. (2013). Its type specimen is MPZ 2001/130a, 2001/130b, a skull (Almost complete skull and part of the lower jaw + three vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barranco de la Paridera, which is in a Callovian shallow subtidal wackestone/marl in the Ágreda Formation of Spain. It is the type species of Maledictosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Maledictosuchus riclaensis Parrilla-Bel et al. p. 4
2015Maledictosuchus riclaensis Parrilla-Bel and Canudo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Thalattosuchia()
familyMetriorhynchidaeFitzinger 1843
subfamilyMetriorhynchinae
tribeRhacheosauriniYoung et al. 2011
genusMaledictosuchus
speciesriclaensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Maledictosuchus riclaensis Parrilla-Bel et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available