Machimosaurus

Machimosaurus is an extinct genus of machimosaurid crocodyliform from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian and Tithonian) and Early Cretaceous. The type species, Machimosaurus hugii, was found in Switzerland. Other fossils have been found in England, France, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland and Tunisia. Machimosaurus rex is the largest named teleosauroid and thalattosuchian, with an estimated length of up to 7.15 m (23.5 ft) (skull length 155 cm (61 in)). Machimosaurus is the largest known crocodyliform of the Jurassic.

Machimosaurus
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian - Hauterivian?
Machimosaurus mosae cast
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Suborder: Thalattosuchia
Family: Machimosauridae
Tribe: Machimosaurini
Genus: Machimosaurus
Von Meyer, 1837
Species
  • M. hugii type Von Meyer (1837)
  • M. mosae Sauvage and Lienard 1879
  • M. nowackianus (von Huene. 1938)
  • M. buffetauti Young et al., 2015
  • M. rex Fanti et al., 2016
Synonyms
  • Madrimosaurus hugii (sic)
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