檢視麥利達鱷屬的原始碼

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'''麥利達鱷屬'''（屬名：''Meridiosaurus''）是[[中真鱷類]]的一屬，可能屬於已滅絕的[[大頭鱷科]]。化石發現於[[烏拉圭]]北部的[[塔夸倫博組]]（Tacuarembó Formation），地質年代相當於[[白堊紀]]早期，但該地層也有可能橫跨到[[侏儸紀]]末期<ref name=SBDS81>{{cite journal |last=Sprechmann |first=P. |coauthor=Bossi, J.; and Da Silva, J. |year=1981 |title=Cuenca del Jurásico y Cretácico del Uruguay |journal=Comité Sudamericano del Jurásico y Cretácico. Cuencas sedimentarias del Jurásico y Cretácico de América de Sur, Buenos Aires |volume=1 |pages=239–270}}</ref>。

這些化石包含[[前上頜骨]]、大部分[[上頜骨]]。在1980年，這些化石被建立為新屬，[[模式種]]是'''瓦雷麥利達鱷'''（''M. vallisparadisi''）<ref name=MA80>{{cite journal |last=Mones |first=A. |year=1980 |title=Nuevos elementos de la paleoherpetofauna del Uruguay (Crocodilia y Dinosauria) |journal=Actas II Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia y I Congreso Latinoamericano, Buenos Aires |volume=1 |pages=265–277}}</ref><ref name=GCF91>{{cite journal |doi=10.1080/02724634.1991.10011401 |last=Gasparini |first=Z. |coauthor=Chiappe, L. M.; and Fernandez, M. |year=1991 |title=A new Senonian peirosaurid (Crocodylomorpha) from Argentina and a synopsis of the South American Cretaceous crocodilians |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=316–333}}</ref>。幾年後，麥利達鱷被歸類於[[大頭鱷科]]<ref name=EB85>{{cite book |last=Estes |first=R. |coauthor=and Báez, A. |chapter=Herpetofaunas of North and South America during the Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic: evidence for interchange? |editor=Stehli, F. G. and Webb, S. D. (eds.) |title=The Great American Biotic Interchange |year=1985 |publisher=Plenum Press |location=London and New York |pages=139–195}}</ref>。