Maledictosuchus
| Maledictosuchus Temporal range: Middle and Late Jurassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Suborder: | †Thalattosuchia |
| Family: | †Metriorhynchidae |
| Tribe: | † Rhacheosaurini
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| Genus: | †Maledictosuchus Parrilla-Bel et al., 2013 |
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Maledictosuchus is an
extinct genus of marine crocodyliform belonging to the family Metriorhynchidae. It is the most basal member of the Rhacheosaurini Tribe with a relatively short body length, measuring 2.95 m (9.7 ft) based on the type specimen.[1]
Distribution
Genus includes two species: the type species M. riclaensis, described on the basis of fossils found in Ricla, Spain,[1] and M. nuyivijanan, known from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) Sabinal Formation (Tlaxiaco Basin, Oaxaca, Mexico).[2]