Alternative spellings: Macellognathus, Marcellognathus
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1884. A new order of extinct Jurassic reptiles (Macelognatha). The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 27(160):341
Parent taxon: Solidocrania according to A. A. Ruebenstahl et al. 2022
See also Baur 1891, Gohlich et al. 2005, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Huene 1909, Irmis et al. 2013, Kuhn 1939, Kuhn 1964, Leardi et al. 2017, Marsh 1884, Ostrom 1971, Romer 1966 and von Zittel 1911
Sister taxa: Almadasuchus, Crocodyliformes, Junggarsuchus
Subtaxa: Macelognathus vagans
Type: Macelognathus vagans
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (3: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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