# Maledictosuchus

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|fossil_range = [Middle](/source/Middle_Jurassic) and [Late Jurassic](/source/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](/source/Type_species))</small>
* ''M. nuyivijanan'' <small>Barrientos-Lara ''et al.'', 2018</small>
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'''''Maledictosuchus''''' is an [extinct](/source/extinct) [genus](/source/genus) of marine crocodyliform belonging to the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy))  [Metriorhynchidae](/source/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](/source/type_species) ''M. riclaensis'', described on the basis of fossils found in [Ricla](/source/Ricla), [Spain](/source/Spain),<ref name="a"/> and ''M. nuyivijanan'', known from the [Late Jurassic](/source/Late_Jurassic) ([Kimmeridgian](/source/Kimmeridgian)) [Sabinal Formation](/source/Sabinal_Formation) ([Tlaxiaco Basin](/source/Tlaxiaco_Basin), [Oaxaca](/source/Oaxaca), [Mexico](/source/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==
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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

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