Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Alternative combinations: Cricosaurus saltillense, Geosaurus saltillense
Full reference: M.-C. Buchy, P. Vignaud, E. Frey, W. Stinnesbeck, and A. H. G. Gonzalez. 2006. A new thalattosuchian crocodyliform from the Tithonian (Upper Jurassic) of northeastern Mexico. Comptes Rendus Palevol 5:785-794
Belongs to Cricosaurus according to J. Parrilla-Bel and J. I. Canudo 2015
See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Buchy et al. 2006, Buchy et al. 2013, Carbot-Chanona 2014, Young and Andrade 2009 and Young et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Cricosaurus albersdoerferi, Cricosaurus araucanensis, Cricosaurus bambergensis, Cricosaurus elegans, Cricosaurus gracilis, Cricosaurus lithographicus, Cricosaurus macrospondylus, Cricosaurus mexicanus, Cricosaurus puelchorum, Cricosaurus rauhuti, Cricosaurus schroderi, Cricosaurus schroederi, Cricosaurus suevicus, Cricosaurus vignaudi, Neustosaurus
Type specimen: CEP1823, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Sierra de Buñuelas, near Gomez Farias, which is in a Tithonian offshore shale in the La Caja Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Mexico (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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