Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Full reference: M. T. Young, M. B. d. Andrade, S. L. Brusatte, M. Sakamoto, and J. Liston. 2013. The oldest known metriorhynchid super-predator: a new genus and species from the Middle Jurassic of England, with implications for serration and mandibular evolution in predacious clades. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
Parent taxon: Geosaurinae according to J. Parrilla-Bel and J. I. Canudo 2015
See also Young et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Dakosaurus, Geosaurini, Geosaurus, Neptunidraco, Plesiosuchus, Suchodus, Torvoneustes
Subtaxa: Tyrannoneustes lythrodectikos
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (1), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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