Cricosaurus saltillensis Buchy et al. 2006 (marine crocodile)

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

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