Thalattosuchia
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Thalattosuchia is a clade of mostly marine crocodylomorphs from the Early Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous that had a cosmopolitan distribution. They are colloquially referred to as marine crocodiles
Platysuchus multiscrobiculatus 1
Cricosaurus albersdoerferi
Life restoration of Machimosaurus (Machimosauridae, Teleosauroidea)
Teleidosaurus BW
Machimosaurus
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Machimosaurus is an extinct genus of machimosaurid crocodyliform from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous. The type species, Machimosaurus hugii, was found in Switzerland. Other fossils have been f
Thalattosuchia
…seemingly uniquely among archosaurs. Taxonomy Life restoration of Metriorhynchus brevirostris (Metriorhynchidae, Metriorhynchoidea) Life restoration of Machimosaurus (Machimosauridae, Teleosauroidea) The term Thalattosuchia was coined by Fraas in 1901. The term is derived from the Greek words θάλαττα, meaning sea…
Machimosaurus sp
Illustrations of the three European species
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