''Magyarosuchus'' is an extinct monotypic genus of
metriorhynchoid described for the first time from fossils discovered in the
Kisgerecse Marl Formation in
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
. The type species ''Magyarosuchus fitosi'' lived during the Toarcian, about 180 million years ago.
Most of the skeleton is known, including parts of the jaw, torso, legs and tail, which was discovered in 1996. It was around long when fully grown.
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References
Fossil taxa described in 2018
Thalattosuchia
Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera
Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs
Early Jurassic crocodylomorphs
Jurassic reptiles of Europe
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