Meridiosaurus

Meridiosaurus is an extinct genus of mesoeucrocodylian that is a possible member of the family Pholidosauridae.^[1] Remains have been found in the Late Jurassic Tacuarembó Formation in Tacuarembó, Uruguay.^[2] The genus was described in 1980 on the basis of a partial rostrum that included the premaxillae and most of the maxillae.^[3][4] The assignment to Pholidosauridae is considered doubtful by some authors, but a 2011 redescription and phylogenetic analysis confirmed the pholidosaurid classification of Meridiosaurus.^[5][6]

Meridiosaurus Temporal range: Kimmeridgian ~150–145.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Subclass:	Diapsida
Infraclass:	Archosauromorpha
(unranked):	Crurotarsi
Superorder:	Crocodylomorpha
(unranked):	Mesoeucrocodylia
Family:	?Pholidosauridae
Genus:	Meridiosaurus Mones 1980
Species
M. vallisparadisi Mones 1980 (type)