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First record of Metriorhynchus (Reptilia: Crocodyliformes) in the Bathonian (Middle jurassic) of the eastern Pacific

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2017

Zulma Gasparini ,
Marcela Cichowolski  and
Dario G. Lazo
Zulma Gasparini
Affiliation:
Departamento de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque (1900) La Plata, Argentina,
Marcela Cichowolski
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón II, Ciudad Universitaria (1428) Argentina, , and
Dario G. Lazo
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón II, Ciudad Universitaria (1428) Argentina, , and
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Jurassic marine reptiles are best known from the study of European Jurassic collections. The record of these reptiles encompasses most of the period, but that of Aalenian–Bathonian rocks is quite incomplete (Andrews, 1913; Brown, 1981; Buffetaut, 1982; Godefroit, 1994; Bardet, 1995; O'Keefe, 2001; McGowan and Motani, 2003). South American marine reptiles of the early Middle Jurassic are especially significant because they contribute to fill this gap of taxonomic and paleogeographic information (Fernández, 1994, 1999, 2003; Spalletti et al., 1994; Gasparini, 1997; Gasparini et al., 2000).

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Paleontological Notes
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 79 , Issue 4 , July 2005 , pp. 801 - 805
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