Enaliosuchus, KOKEN (1883)
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https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00536.x |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10545942 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CD87E4-FFE0-3F1A-B58D-F9AAFE38F8D5 |
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Felipe |
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Enaliosuchus |
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Type species: Cricosaurus elegans (Wagner, 1852) (Wagner, 1858) .
Valid species: Cricosaurus elegans (Wagner, 1852) Wagner, 1858 .
Holotype: BSPG AS I 504, a complete cranium in limestone.
Cricosaurus suevicus (Fraas, 1901) comb. nov.
Holotype: none designated, we therefore designate SMNS 9808 About SMNS (complete skeleton) as a lectotype, as it was one of the two skeletons upon which this species was described.
Cricosaurus araucanensis (Gasparini & Dellapé, 1976) comb. nov.
Holotype: MLP 72 View Materials -IV-7-1, complete skull with mandible.
Cricosaurus vignaudi (Frey et al., 2002) comb. nov.
Holotype: UANL FCT-R1 , incomplete skull, mandible, atlas-axis, and two cervicals.
Cricosaurus saltillense ( Buchy et al., 2006) comb. nov. Holotype: MUDE CEP1823 , poorly preserved skull lacking snout, and postcranium.
Cricosaurus gracilis (Philips, 1871) comb. nov.
Holotype: OXFUM J.1431, skull lacking snout.
Cricosaurus macrospondylus (Koken, 1883) comb. nov.
Holotype: HMN R3636.1 - 6 View Materials , atlas-axis, and numerous cervical and dorsal vertebrae.
Cricosaurus schroederi (Kuhn, 1936) comb. nov.
Holotype: MMGLV unnumbered, skull with mandible lacking complete snout, and atlas-axis and third cervical.
Etymology: ‘Ring lizard’. Cricos- is the Ancient Greek for ring, referring to the large sclerotic rings preserved in the orbits of the holotype.
Geological range: From the middle Oxfordian ( Cricosaurus sp. ; Gasparini & Iturralde-Vinent, 2001) to the upper Valanginian ( Enaliosuchus holotype; Karl et al., 2006; Koken, 1883).
Geographical range: Cosmopolitan ( Argentina, Chile, Cuba, UK, France, Germany, Mexico, Russia, and Switzerland).
Emended diagnosis: Metriorhynchid thalattosuchian with procumbent teeth, with little to no lateromedially compression; cranial bones smooth, lacking conspicuous ornamentation; acute angle formed by the lateral and medial processes of the frontal; dorsal margin of the supratemporal arcade is lower than the medial process of the frontal; eyes as large as the supratemporal fenestra; surangular and angular welldeveloped, extending rostrally beyond the orbits; symphysial part of the mandible is low, only about 15-mm high; lateral margin of the prefrontals is rounded; external nares bifurcated by premaxillary septum, and terminating at the end of the second maxillary alveoli; humerus deltopectoral crest absent; calcaneum tuber absent or vestigial; proximal end of metatarsal I greatly enlarged.
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