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Editorial Reviews - Crocodilia From the Publisher Kapitel: Metriorhynchus, Sarcosuchus Imperator, Metriorhynchidae, Deinosuchus, Dakosaurus Andiniensis, Stomatosuchus, Crocodylus, Protosuchia, Goniopholididae, Sebecidae, Mekosuchinae, Purussaurus, Machimosaurus, Pholidosauridae, Teleosauridae, Mekosuchus Kalpokasi, Simosuchus, Mekosuchus Inexpectatus, Paleosuchus Trigonatus, Paleosuchus Palpebrosus, Alligator Mississippiensis, Crocodylus Mindorensis, Caiman Latirostris, Crocodylus Johnsoni, Crocodylus Novaeguineae, Crocodylus Intermedius, Alligatorinae, Crocodylus Porosus, Crocodylidae, Ostaeolaemus Tetraspis, Crocodylus Cataphractus, Caiman Crocodilus, Crocodylus Moreletii, Alligator Sinensis, Crocodylus Acutus, Crocodylus Palustris, Crocodylus Siamensis, Caiman Yacare, Tomistoma Schlegelii, Crocodylus Rhombifer, Gavialis Gangeticus, Melanosuchus Niger, Crocodylus Niloticus, Alligatoridae, Gavialidae, Caimaninae. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Machimosaurus is an extinct genus of teleosaurid crocodyliform from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian and Tithonian) and Early Cretaceous (Berriasian and Valanginian). The type species, Machimosaurus hugii, was found in France. Other fossils have been found in Austria, England, Germany, Portugal and Switzerland. Machimosaurus was not only both the largest teleosaurid and thalattosuchian, but with a length exceeding 9 metres (skull length 1.5 m), it was the largest crocodyliform of the Jurassic. However, Machimosaurus became extinct during the Valanginian, and was the last of the teleosaurids. Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer in 1837 named isolated conical, blunt teeth with numerous longitudinal lines from Switzerland and Austria, Madrimosaurus hugii. However, in 1838, realising he had made mis-spelled the name, he emended Madrimosaurus to Machimosaurus. The teeth of Machimosaurus, with their rounded, blunt apex and stout morphology make them characteristic and easily identifiable compared to other teleosau
