Maledictosuchus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}} {{Automatic taxobox |fossil_range = Middle and Late Jurassic |image = Maledictosuchus.png |image_caption = Holotype skull in multiple views |taxon = Maledictosuchus |authority = Parrilla-Bel ''et al.'', 2013 |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = * ''M. riclaensis'' <small>Parrilla-Bel ''et al.'', 2013 (type)</small> * ''M. nuyivijanan'' <small>Barrientos-Lara ''et al.'', 2018</small> }} thumb '''''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 {{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 | article-number = e54275 | year = 2013 | pmid = 23372699| pmc = 3553084| bibcode = 2013PLoSO...854275P | doi-access = free }}</ref> thumb|left|Holotype skull

==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 |hdl=11336/82460 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

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Category:Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera Category:Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs Category:Middle Jurassic crocodylomorphs Category:Late Jurassic crocodylomorphs Category:Fossils of Spain Category:Fossils of Mexico