Magyarosuchus
Sign in to saveMagyarosuchus is an extinct monotypic genus of metriorhynchoid thalattosuchian described for the first time from fossils discovered in the Kisgerecse Marl Formation in Hungary. The type species Magyarosuchus fitosi lived during the Toarcian, about 180 million years ago. It is known from a fragmentary skeleton discovered in 1996.
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- Magyarosuchus
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Magyarosuchus is an extinct monotypic genus of metriorhynchoid thalattosuchian described for the first time from fossils discovered in the Kisgerecse Marl Formation in Hungary. The type species Magyarosuchus fitosi lived during the Toarcian, about 180 million years ago. It is known from a fragmentary skeleton discovered in 1996.
== Description == Magyarosuchus was a large thalattosuchian, the known partial jaw is deeper (taller) than other close relatives like Pelagosaurus, teeth on the lower jaw would've been oriented upwards and slightly out to the sides. Many isolated teeth are preserved in the holotype, these were large and recurved, possessing a circular cross-section and non-serrated edges, along vertically aligned grooves (fluting).
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