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'''''Maledictosuchus''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of marine crocodyliform belonging to the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Metriorhynchidae]]. It is the most basal member of the Rhacheosaurini Tribe.<ref name="a">{{Cite journal | last1 = Parrilla-Bel | first1 = J. | last2 = Young | first2 = M. T. | last3 = Moreno-Azanza | first3 = M. | last4 = Canudo | first4 = J. I.|editor1-link=Richard J. Butler | editor1-last = Butler | editor1-first = Richard J | title = The First Metriorhynchid Crocodylomorph from the Middle Jurassic of Spain, with Implications for Evolution of the Subclade Rhacheosaurini | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0054275 | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 8 | issue = 1 | pages = e54275 | year = 2013 | pmid = 23372699| pmc = 3553084| bibcode = 2013PLoSO...854275P | doi-access = free }}</ref>
'''''Maledictosuchus''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of marine crocodyliform belonging to the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Metriorhynchidae]]. It is the most basal member of the Rhacheosaurini Tribe with a relatively short body length, measuring {{cvt|2.95|m|ft}} based on the type specimen.<ref name="a">{{Cite journal | last1 = Parrilla-Bel | first1 = J. | last2 = Young | first2 = M. T. | last3 = Moreno-Azanza | first3 = M. | last4 = Canudo | first4 = J. I.|editor1-link=Richard J. Butler | editor1-last = Butler | editor1-first = Richard J | title = The First Metriorhynchid Crocodylomorph from the Middle Jurassic of Spain, with Implications for Evolution of the Subclade Rhacheosaurini | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0054275 | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 8 | issue = 1 | pages = e54275 | year = 2013 | pmid = 23372699| pmc = 3553084| bibcode = 2013PLoSO...854275P | doi-access = free }}</ref>
[[File:Maledictosuchus riclaensis.png|thumb|left|Holotype skull]]
[[File:Maledictosuchus riclaensis.png|thumb|left|Holotype skull]]


==Distribution==
==Distribution==
Genus includes two species: the [[type species]] ''M. riclaensis'', described on the basis of fossils found in [[Ricla]], [[Spain]],<ref name="a"/> and ''M. nuyivijanan'', known from the [[Late Jurassic]] ([[Kimmeridgian]]) [[Sabinal Formation]] ([[Tlaxiaco Basin]], [[Oaxaca]], [[Mexico]]).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Jair I. Barrientos-Lara |author2=Jesús Alvarado-Ortega |author3=Marta S. Fernández |year=2018 |title=The marine crocodile ''Maledictosuchus'' (Thalattosuchia, Metriorhynchidae) from the Kimmeridgian deposits of Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, southern Mexico |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=38 |issue= 4|pages=(1)-(14) |doi=10.1080/02724634.2018.1478419 |s2cid=92260550 }}</ref>
Genus includes two species: the [[type species]] ''M. riclaensis'', described on the basis of fossils found in [[Ricla]], [[Spain]],<ref name="a"/> and ''M. nuyivijanan'', known from the [[Late Jurassic]] ([[Kimmeridgian]]) [[Sabinal Formation]] ([[Tlaxiaco Basin]], [[Oaxaca]], [[Mexico]]).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Jair I. Barrientos-Lara |author2=Jesús Alvarado-Ortega |author3=Marta S. Fernández |year=2018 |title=The marine crocodile ''Maledictosuchus'' (Thalattosuchia, Metriorhynchidae) from the Kimmeridgian deposits of Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, southern Mexico |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=38 |issue= 4|pages=(1)-(14) |doi=10.1080/02724634.2018.1478419 |s2cid=92260550 |hdl=11336/82460 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 03:36, 19 August 2024

Maledictosuchus
Temporal range: Middle and Late Jurassic
Holotype skull in multiple views
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Suborder: Thalattosuchia
Family: Metriorhynchidae
Tribe: Rhacheosaurini
Genus: Maledictosuchus
Parrilla-Bel et al., 2013
Species
  • M. riclaensis Parrilla-Bel et al., 2013 (type)
  • M. nuyivijanan Barrientos-Lara et al., 2018

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 2.95 m (9.7 ft) based on the type specimen.[1]

Holotype skull

Distribution

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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 (1): e54275. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...854275P. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054275. PMC 3553084. PMID 23372699.
  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). doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1478419. hdl:11336/82460. S2CID 92260550.