Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Alternative combination: Geosaurus vignaudi
Full reference: E. Frey, M.-C. Buchy, W. Stinnesbeck and J.G. Lopez-Oliva. 2002. Geosaurus vignaudi n. sp. (Crocodyliformes: Thalattosuchia), first evidence of metriorhynchid crocodilians in the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of central-east Mexico (State of Puebla). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 39(10):1467-1483
Belongs to Cricosaurus according to J. Parrilla-Bel and J. I. Canudo 2015
See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Buchy et al. 2006, Carbot-Chanona 2014, Frey et al. 2002, 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 saltillensis, Cricosaurus schroderi, Cricosaurus schroederi, Cricosaurus suevicus, Neustosaurus
Type specimen: UANL-FCT-R1, a partial skeleton (incomplete skull and mandible, altas axis, and two cervical vertebrae). Its type locality is Mazatepec (Geosaurus vignaudi Site), which is in a Tithonian offshore limestone in the La Pimienta Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Mazatepec (Geosaurus vignaudi Site)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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