Maledictosuchus

Maledictosuchus
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic
Holotype skull in multiple views
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Crocodylomorpha
Suborder: Thalattosuchia
Family: Metriorhynchidae
Tribe: Rhacheosaurini
Genus: Maledictosuchus
Parrilla-Bel et al., 2013
Species
  • M. riclaensis Parrilla-Bel et al., 2013 (type)

Maledictosuchus is an extinct genus of marine crocodyliform belonging to the family Metriorhynchidae. Its fossil remains have been found in Spain.[1]

Holotype skull

References

  1. Parrilla-Bel, J.; Young, M. T.; Moreno-Azanza, M.; Canudo, J. I. (2013). Butler, Richard J, ed. "The First Metriorhynchid Crocodylomorph from the Middle Jurassic of Spain, with Implications for Evolution of the Subclade Rhacheosaurini". PLoS ONE 8: e54275. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054275.
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