| Meridiosaurus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Family: | †Pholidosauridae |
| Genus: | †Meridiosaurus Mones, 1980 |
| Species: | †M. vallisparadisi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Meridiosaurus vallisparadisi Mones, 1980 | |
Meridiosaurus is an extinctgenus ofmesoeucrocodylian that is a member of thefamilyPholidosauridae.[1] Remains have been found in the Late JurassicTacuarembó Formation inTacuarembó,Uruguay.[2] The genus was described in 1980 on the basis of a partial rostrum that included thepremaxillae and most of themaxillae.[3][4] The assignment to Pholidosauridae is considered doubtful by some authors, but a 2011 redescription and phylogenetic analysis confirmed the pholidosaurid classification ofMeridiosaurus.[5][6]
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | This article about aprehistoricarchosaur is astub. You can help Wikipedia byadding missing information. |
