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  • AFAIK, the postcranium of Dakosaurus is either poorly known or unknown.

    My party and those marvellous metriorhynchids Darren Naish 2006

  • It's called Dakosaurus andiniensis, and all we have of it is a skull and a few fragmentary post-cranial bits.

    You call that a crocodile? - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • It's called Dakosaurus andiniensis, and all we have of it is a skull and a few fragmentary post-cranial bits.

    The Panda's Thumb: January 2006 Archives 2006

  • Dakosaurus, the geologically youngest member of the group, was in the news a lot in 2005 as D. andiniensis, an Argentinian species first named in 1985 (though initially misidentified as a species of Metriorhynchus), was described from new specimens (Gasparini et al. 2005).

    Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • Dakosaurus, the geologically youngest member of the group, was in the news a lot in 2005 as D. andiniensis, an Argentinian species first named in 1985 (though initially misidentified as a species of Metriorhynchus), was described from new specimens (Gasparini et al. 2005).

    My party and those marvellous metriorhynchids Darren Naish 2006

  • As far as I'm aware, there is no postcranial material for Dakosaurus andiniensis, but there is good material for Dakosaurus maximus, which has a much less impressive skull morphology.

    My party and those marvellous metriorhynchids Darren Naish 2006

  • I lack the relevant papers, but at least some postcranial material of Dakosaurus must be known given that there are references in the literature to a total length (e.g.,

    My party and those marvellous metriorhynchids Darren Naish 2006

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