Cricosaurus saltillense (Young & Brusatte & Ruta & Andrade, 2009)

Young, Mark T., Brusatte, Stephen L., Ruta, Marcello & Andrade, Marco Brandalise De, 2010, The evolution of Metriorhynchoidea (mesoeucrocodylia, thalattosuchia): an integrated approach using geometric morphometrics, analysis of disparity, and biomechanics, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 158 (4), pp. 801-859 : 853

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00571.x

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:05E4FB9D-4087-4BB7-88F4-D650CDD6046C

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6C3187AE-9506-FFBE-FC9F-FD0DFAEEFB20

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scientific name

Cricosaurus saltillense
status

comb. nov.

CRICOSAURUS SALTILLENSE (BUCHY ET AL., 2006) YOUNG & ANDRADE, 2009

2006 Geosaurus saltillense sp. nov.; Buchy et al. 2009 Cricosaurus saltillense comb. nov.; Young &

Andrade

Holotype: MUDE CEP1823 , poorly preserved skull, lacking snout, and postcranium.

Type locality: Sierra de Buñuelas, near Gomez Farías, State of Coahuila, Mexico (La Caja Formation).

Etymology: ‘Ring lizard from the county of Saltillo’.

Geological range: Lower Tithonian.

Geographical range: State of Coahuila, Mexico.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Crocodylia

Family

Metriorhynchidae

Genus

Cricosaurus

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Crocodylia

Family

Metriorhynchidae

Genus

Geosaurus

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