Maledictosuchus

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

Maledictosuchus Temporal range: Middle and Late Jurassic
Holotype skull in multiple views
Scientific 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

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]

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 (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.