Maledictosuchus Explained

Maledictosuchus is an extinct genus of marine crocodyliform belonging to the family Metriorhynchidae. It is the most basal member of the Rhacheosaurini Tribe with a relatively short body length, measuring based on the type specimen.[1]

Distribution

Genus includes two species: the type species M. riclaensis, described on the basis of fossils found in Ricla, Spain,[1] and M. nuyivijanan, known from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) Sabinal Formation (Tlaxiaco Basin, Oaxaca, Mexico).[2]

Notes and References

  1. Parrilla-Bel . J. . Young . M. T. . Moreno-Azanza . M. . Canudo . J. I.. Richard J. Butler . Butler . Richard J . The First Metriorhynchid Crocodylomorph from the Middle Jurassic of Spain, with Implications for Evolution of the Subclade Rhacheosaurini . 10.1371/journal.pone.0054275 . PLOS ONE . 8 . 1 . e54275 . 2013 . 23372699. 3553084. 2013PLoSO...854275P . free .
  2. Jair I. Barrientos-Lara . Jesús Alvarado-Ortega . Marta S. Fernández . 2018 . The marine crocodile Maledictosuchus (Thalattosuchia, Metriorhynchidae) from the Kimmeridgian deposits of Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, southern Mexico . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 38 . 4. (1)-(14) . 10.1080/02724634.2018.1478419 . 92260550 . 11336/82460 . free .

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