Cricosaurus

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Cricosaurus
Fossil range: Late Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Diapsida
Infraclass: Archosauromorpha
(unranked) Mesoeucrocodylia
Suborder: Thalattosuchia
Family: Metriorhynchidae
Genus: Cricosaurus
Wagner, 1858
Species
  • C. elegans
  • C. grandis
  • C. medius

Cricosaurus is an extinct genus of marine crocodylian belonging to the family Metriorhynchidae. The genus was established in 1858 for three skulls from the Tithonian of Germany.

The three skulls (all assigned to different species) are poorly known, and the genus has been considered a junior synonym of Metriorhynchus, Geosaurus or Dakosaurus by different palaeontologists.


[edit] Reference

  • Steel R. 1973. Crocodylia. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie, Teil 16. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer Verlag,116 pp.