Machimosaurus

Machimosaurus
Temporal range: 154–130 Ma Kimmeridgian - Hauterivian?
Machimosaurus mosae cast
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Suborder: †Thalattosuchia
Family: †Machimosauridae
Tribe: †Machimosaurini
Genus: †Machimosaurus
Von Meyer, 1837
Species
  • †M. hugii type Von Meyer (1837)
  • †M. mosae Sauvage and Lienard 1879
  • †M. nowackianus (von Huene. 1938)
  • †M. buffetauti Young et al., 2015
  • †M. rex Fanti et al., 2016[1]
Synonyms
  • Madrimosaurus hugii (sic)

Machimosaurus is an extinct genus of machimosaurid crocodyliform from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian and Tithonian) and Early Cretaceous.[2][3] The type species, Machimosaurus hugii, was found in Switzerland. Other fossils have been found in England, France, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland and Tunisia.[2][4][5] Machimosaurus rex is the largest named teleosauroid and thalattosuchian, with an estimated length of up to 7.15 m (23.5 ft) (skull length 155 cm (61 in)).[6] Machimosaurus is the largest known crocodyliform of the Jurassic.[2][3][4][6]

  1. ^ Federico Fanti, Tetsuto Miyashita, Luigi Cantelli, Fawsi Mnasri, Jihed Dridi, Michela Contessi, Andrea Cau. The largest thalattosuchian (Crocodylomorpha) supports teleosaurid survival across the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary, Cretaceous Research, Available online 10 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Monster-Size Marine Crocodile Discovered". 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on January 12, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Fanti, Federico; Miyashita, Tetsuto; Cantelli, Luigi; Mnasri, Fawsi; Dridi, Jihed; Contessi, Michela; Cau, Andrea (2016). "The largest thalattosuchian (Crocodylomorpha) supports teleosaurid survival across the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary". Cretaceous Research. 61: 263–274. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.11.011. hdl:11585/529635.
  4. ^ a b Steel R. 1973. Crocodylia. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie, Teil 16. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer Verlag,116 pp.
  5. ^ Mateus, O. 2013. Crocodylomorphs from the Mesozoic of Portugal and a new skull of eusuchian from the Late Cretaceous. Abstract book of Hwaseong International Dinosaurs Expedition Symposium, South Korea, pp: 66-68.
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Youngetal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).