Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Full reference: Y. Herrera, Z. Gasparini, and M. S. Fernández. 2013. A new Patagonian species of Cricosaurus (Crocodyliformes, Thalattosuchia): first evidence of Cricosaurus in Middle-Upper Tithonian lithographic limestone from Gondwana. Palaeontology 56(3):663-678
Belongs to Cricosaurus according to Y. Herrera et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Cricosaurus albersdoerferi, Cricosaurus araucanensis, Cricosaurus bambergensis, Cricosaurus elegans, Cricosaurus gracilis, Cricosaurus macrospondylus, Cricosaurus mexicanus, Cricosaurus puelchorum, Cricosaurus rauhuti, Cricosaurus saltillensis, Cricosaurus schroderi, Cricosaurus schroederi, Cricosaurus suevicus, Cricosaurus vignaudi, Neustosaurus
Type specimen: MOZ-PV 5787, a skeleton (Skull and postcrania). Its type locality is El Ministerio Quarry, Los Catutos, which is in a Tithonian/Tithonian marine limestone in the Vaca Muerta Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at El Ministerio Quarry, Los Catutos
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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