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Metriorhynchidae
Taxonomy
Metriorhynchidae was named by Fitzinger (1843). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Gasparini and Iturralde-Vinent (2001) and Jouve (2009) and Parrilla-Bel et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Longirostres by Zittel (1890); to Crocodili by Jaekel (1911); to Crocodilia by Delair (1958); to Mesosuchia by Huene (1954) and Carroll (1988); to Crocodyliformes by Gasparini and Iturralde-Vinent (2001); to Mesoeucrocodylia by Pol and Norell (2004); to Neosuchia by Fiorelli and Calvo (2008); to Metriorhynchoidea by Young et al. (2010), Cau and Fanti (2011) and Young (2013); to Thalattosuchia by Buffetaut (1982), Buchy (2008) and Parrilla-Bel et al. (2013); to Thalattosuchia by Kuhn (1946), Kuhn (1966), Hua et al. (2000), Mueller-Töwe (2005), Gasparini et al. (2006), Jouve (2009) and Foffa et al. (2018); and to Thalattosuchia by Buffetaut (1980), Araujo et al. (2008), Young et al. (2013), Barrientos-Lara et al. (2018), Sachs et al. (2019) and Madzia et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Longirostres by Zittel (1890); to Crocodili by Jaekel (1911); to Crocodilia by Delair (1958); to Mesosuchia by Huene (1954) and Carroll (1988); to Crocodyliformes by Gasparini and Iturralde-Vinent (2001); to Mesoeucrocodylia by Pol and Norell (2004); to Neosuchia by Fiorelli and Calvo (2008); to Metriorhynchoidea by Young et al. (2010), Cau and Fanti (2011) and Young (2013); to Thalattosuchia by Buffetaut (1982), Buchy (2008) and Parrilla-Bel et al. (2013); to Thalattosuchia by Kuhn (1946), Kuhn (1966), Hua et al. (2000), Mueller-Töwe (2005), Gasparini et al. (2006), Jouve (2009) and Foffa et al. (2018); and to Thalattosuchia by Buffetaut (1980), Araujo et al. (2008), Young et al. (2013), Barrientos-Lara et al. (2018), Sachs et al. (2019) and Madzia et al. (2021).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1843 | Metriorhynchidae Fitzinger |
1850 | Geosauridae Bonaparte |
1890 | Metriorhynchidae Zittel p. 667 |
1911 | Geosauridae Jaekel p. 164 |
1911 | Metriorhynchidae Jaekel p. 164 |
1913 | Aggiosaurus Ambayrac |
1913 | Aggiosaurus nicaeensis Ambayrac |
1939 | Megalosaurus nicaeensis Kuhn p. 70 |
1943 | Megalosaurus nicaeensis Lapparent p. 20 |
1946 | Metriorhynchidae Kuhn p. 64 |
1954 | Metriorhynchidae Huene p. 54 |
1958 | Metriorhynchidae Delair p. 60 |
1966 | Metriorhynchidae Kuhn p. 86 |
1970 | Megalosaurus nicaeensis Steel p. 35 |
1980 | Metriorhynchidae Buffetaut |
1982 | Metriorhynchidae Buffetaut p. 18 |
1982 | Aggiosaurus Buffetaut p. 473 |
1988 | Metriorhynchidae Carroll |
2000 | Metriorhynchidae Hua et al. p. 472 |
2001 | Metriorhynchidae Gasparini and Iturralde-Vinent |
2004 | Metriorhynchidae Pol and Norell |
2005 | Metriorhynchidae Mueller-Töwe |
2006 | Metriorhynchidae Gasparini et al. p. 72 |
2007 | Aggiosaurus nicaeensis Naish and Martill p. 502 |
2008 | Metriorhynchidae Araujo et al. p. 20 |
2008 | Metriorhynchidae Buchy |
2008 | Metriorhynchidae Fiorelli and Calvo |
2009 | Metriorhynchidae Jouve |
2010 | Metriorhynchidae Young et al. p. 845 |
2011 | Metriorhynchidae Cau and Fanti p. 558 fig. 6 |
2013 | Metriorhynchidae Parrilla-Bel et al. p. 3 |
2013 | Metriorhynchidae Young fig. 6 |
2013 | Metriorhynchidae Young et al. |
2018 | Metriorhynchidae Barrientos-Lara et al. |
2018 | Metriorhynchidae Foffa et al. |
2019 | Metriorhynchidae Sachs et al. |
2021 | Metriorhynchidae Madzia et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Metriorhynchidae Fitzinger 1843
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G. †Capellineosuchus Romer 1966
Subfm. †Geosaurinae Lydekker 1889
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G. †Dakosaurus Quenstedt 1856
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†Dakosaurus andiniensis Vignaud and Gasparini 1996
†Dakosaurus maximus Plieninger 1846
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Invalid names: Dakosaurus gracilis Quenstedt 1885 [synonym], Dakosaurus lissocephalus Seeley 1869 [synonym], Megalosaurus schnaitheimii Bunzel 1871 [synonym]
Invalid names: Brachytaenius Merian 1842 [synonym], Plerodon Meyer 1839 [synonym]
Tr. †Geosaurini Cau and Fanti 2011
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Subtr. †Geosaurina Foffa et al. 2018
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Invalid names: Plesiosuchina Young et al. 2014 [empty]
G. †Geosaurus Cuvier 1824
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†Geosaurus giganteus Sömmerring 1816
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Invalid names: Brachytaenius perennis Meyer 1842 [synonym], Geosaurus sommerringi Meyer 1831 [synonym], Halilimnosaurus crocodiloides Ritgen 1826 [synonym], Mosasaurus bavaricus Holl 1829 [synonym]
†Geosaurus grandis Wagner 1858
†Geosaurus lapparenti Debelmas and Strannoloubsky 1957
†Geosaurus medius Wagner 1858
Invalid names: Halilimnosaurus Ritgen 1826 [synonym], Ltliminosaurus Romer 1966 [synonym]
G. †Neptunidraco Cau and Fanti 2011
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†Neptunidraco ammoniticus Cau and Fanti 2011
Invalid names: Steneosaurus barettoni De Zigno 1883 [nomen dubium]
G. †Torvoneustes Andrade et al. 2010
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†Torvoneustes carpenteri Wilkinson et al. 2008
†Torvoneustes coryphaeus Young et al. 2013
†Torvoneustes jurensis Girard et al. 2023
†Torvoneustes mexicanus Barrientos-Lara et al. 2016
Subfm. †Metriorhynchinae Buchy 2008
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Tr. †Rhacheosaurini Young et al. 2011
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G. †Cricosaurus Wagner 1858
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†Cricosaurus albersdoerferi Sachs et al. 2021
†Cricosaurus araucanensis Gasparini and Dellape 1976
†Cricosaurus bambergensis Sachs et al. 2019
†Cricosaurus elegans Wagner 1852
†Cricosaurus gracilis Phillips 1871
†Cricosaurus lithographicus Herrera et al. 2013
†Cricosaurus macrospondylus Koken 1883
†Cricosaurus mexicanus Wieland 1910
†Cricosaurus puelchorum Herrera et al. 2021
†Cricosaurus rauhuti Herrera et al. 2021
†Cricosaurus saltillensis Buchy et al. 2006
†Cricosaurus schroderi Kuhn 1936
†Cricosaurus schroederi Kühn 1936
†Cricosaurus suevicus Fraas 1901
†Cricosaurus vignaudi Frey et al. 2002
Invalid names: Enaliosuchus Koken 1883 [synonym], Neustosaurus Raspail 1842 [nomen dubium]
G. †Maledictosuchus Parrilla-Bel et al. 2013
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†Maledictosuchus nuyivijanan Barrientos-Lara et al. 2018
†Maledictosuchus riclaensis Parrilla-Bel et al. 2013
G. †Thalattosuchus Young et al. 2021
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†Thalattosuchus superciliosus de Blainville 1853
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Invalid names: Metriorhynchus jaekeli Schmidt 1904 [synonym], Steneosaurus dasyceps Seeley 1869 [synonym], Teleosaurus superciliosus Deslongchamps 1867 [synonym]
G. †Metriorhynchus von Meyer 1830
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†Metriorhynchus blainvillei Eudes-Deslongchamps 1867
†Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus Eudes-Deslongchamps 1868
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Invalid names: Metriorhynchus cultridens Andrews 1913 [synonym]
†Metriorhynchus casamiquelai Gasparini and Chong 1977
†Metriorhynchus geoffroyii Meyer 1832
†Metriorhynchus hastifer Eudes-Deslongchamps 1868
†Metriorhynchus littoreus Sauvage 1874
†Metriorhynchus moreli Deslongchamps 1867
†Metriorhynchus palpebosus Phillips 1871
†Metriorhynchus westermanni Gasparini 1980
Invalid names: Aggiosaurus Ambayrac 1913 [nomen dubium], Geosauridae Bonaparte 1850 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Aptian or 167.70000 to 113.00000 Ma
Collections (134 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Middle Jurassic | Chile | Metriorhynchus casamiquelai (190083) | |
Bajocian - Bathonian | Italy (Veneto) | Neptunidraco ammoniticus (104801) | |
Bajocian - Tithonian | Italy (Vicenza) | Steneosaurus barettoni (142114) | |
Bathonian | Italy (Altipiano dei Sette Comuni) | Metriorhynchidae indet. (142115) | |
Bathonian | Morocco (Figuig) | Metriorhynchidae indet. (176123) | |
Late/Upper Bathonian | Argentina (Neuquen) | Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus, Geosaurinae indet. Argentina (136383) | |
Callovian | Chile (Antofagasta) | Metriorhynchus westermanni (144697) | |
Callovian | Chile (Anofagasta) | Metriorhynchus westermanni (132064) | |
Callovian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Metriorhynchus sp. (106921) | |
Callovian | United Kingdom (Wiltshire) | Ieldraan melkshamensis (190125) | |
Callovian | France (Lower Normandy) | Metriorhynchus superciliosus (154814) | |
Early/Lower Callovian | France (Normandy) | Metriorhynchus blainvillei (224108) Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus (224109) | |
Late/Upper Callovian | France | Tyrannoneustes lythrodectikos (97871) | |
Late/Upper Callovian | France (Basse-Normandie) | Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus, Dakosaurus maximus (52633) | |
Late/Upper Callovian | France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) | Metriorhynchus superciliosus (144756) | |
Middle Callovian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | Metriorhynchus sp. (67698) | |
Middle Callovian | United Kingdom (England) | Dakosaurus Mr Leeds sp., Metriorhynchus superciliosum, Metriorhynchus moreli, Metriorhynchus laeve, Metriorhynchus leedsi, Metriorhynchus cultridens, Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus, Suchodus durobrivensis, Tyrannoneustes lythrodectikos (109800) Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus (133068) Metriorhynchus jaekeli, Metriorhynchus moreli (133067) Metriorhynchus sp., Pterosauria indet. (92051) Metriorhynchus superciliosus (142299) Tyrannoneustes lythrodectikos (47362 162945) | |
Middle Callovian | Chile (Antofagasta) | Metriorhynchus casamiquelai (138294) | |
Middle Callovian | Germany (Northrhine Westphalia) | Metriorhynchus sp. (206063) | |
Middle Callovian | Spain (Zaragoza) | Maledictosuchus riclaensis (138665) | |
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian | Poland | Tyrannoneustes sp. (138161) | |
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian | France (Basse-Normandie) | Metriorhynchus geoffroyii (49339) | |
Late/Upper Callovian - Middle Oxfordian | France (Basse Normandie) | Metriorhynchidae indet. (174568) | |
Oxfordian | United Kingdom (England) | Dakosaurus sp. (100669) | |
Oxfordian | Chile (Caracoles) | Metriorhynchus westermanni (137133) | |
Oxfordian | France (Calvados) | Metriorhynchus sp. (154957) | |
Late/Upper Jurassic | France (Vienne) | Metriorhynchidae indet., Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus (154224) | |
Late/Upper Jurassic | Mexico (Oaxaca) | Metriorhynchinae indet. (137352) | |
Late/Upper Jurassic | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Dakosaurus maximus (93216) | |
Late/Upper Oxfordian | United Kingdom (England) | Metriorhynchidae indet. (91991) | |
Late/Upper Oxfordian | France (Alpes-Maritimes) | Reptilia indet. (35972) | |
Middle Oxfordian | United Kingdom (England) | Metriorhynchidae indet., Torvoneustes sp. (138711) | |
Middle Oxfordian | France (Bourgogne) | Metriorhynchus sp. (36568) | |
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian | Cuba (Pinar del Río) | Cricosaurus sp. Cuba, Metriorhynchidae indet. (45797) | |
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian | Cuba (Vinales) | Geosaurus sp. (138289 138290) Metriorhynchidae indet. (138291) | |
Kimmeridgian | United Kingdom (england) | Dakosaurus maximus (144398) | |
Kimmeridgian | Mexico (Nuevo Leon) | Metriorhynchidae indet. (142832) | |
Kimmeridgian | United Kingdom (England) | Metriorhynchidae indet. (47789 53524) Metriorhynchus superciliosus (144402) | |
Kimmeridgian | Germany (Bavaria) | Dakosaurus maximus, Cricosaurus bambergensis (207479) | |
Kimmeridgian | Mexico (Oaxaca) | Metriorhynchinae indet., Maledictosuchus nuyivijanan (207480) | |
Kimmeridgian | Mexico (Coahuila) | Dakosaurus sp. (143339) | |
Kimmeridgian | Spain (Asturias) | Dakosaurus sp. (154961) | |
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian | United Kingdom (England) | Dakosaurus maximus (156363) Metriorhynchidae indet. (92096) | |
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian | United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) | Metriorhynchidae indet. (114895) | |
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | United Kingdom (England) | Metriorhynchidae indet. (52557) | |
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | France (Lower Normandy) | Gracilineustes acutus (153672) | |
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | France (Seine-Maritime) | Metriorhynchus hastifer (217279) | |
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | Germany (Bavaria) | Geosaurini indet. (224078) | |
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | United Kingdom (Wiltshire) | Torvoneustes coryphaeus (152924) | |
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | United Kingdom (England) | Dakosaurus maximus, Dakosaurus lissocephalus (119508) Metriorhynchidae indet. (119086) | |
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | Germany (Aalen) | Geosaurini indet. (224077) | |
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | France (Haute-Normandie) | Teleosaurus superciliosus (48856) | |
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian - Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Mexico | Metriorhynchinae indet. (142846) | |
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian - Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Mexico (Nuevo Leon) | Dakosaurus sp. (136131) | |
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Bayern) | Cricosaurus sp., Metriorhynchinae indet., Dakosaurus maximus, Cricosaurus albersdoerferi (130048) Dakosaurus maximus (59175) | |
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | United Kingdom (England) | Dakosaurus carpenteri (100263) Dakosaurus sp. (70996) Geosaurus sp. (26795) Plesiosuchus manselii (119504) Torvoneustes sp. (118949) Torvoneustes sp. SEC K1707 (118950) | |
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Switzerland (Jura) | Metriorhynchus sp. (180789) Torvoneustes jurensis (232696) | |
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Poland (Ilza) | Metriorhynchidae indet. (123852) | |
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Dakosaurus maximus, Cricosaurus suevicus (154138) Dakosaurus sp., Geosaurus sp., Geosaurinae indet., Dakosaurus maximus, Geosaurus suevicus, Cricosaurus suevicus (41817) Geosaurus sp., Dakosaurus maximus, Megalosaurus sp. (89120) | |
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Switzerland (Solothurn) | Dakosaurus maximus (133662) | |
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany | Dakosaurus maximus (74069) | |
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Mexico (Coahuila) | Cricosaurus saltillensis (110176) | |
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) | Dakosaurus maximus (94534) Metriorhynchus sp., Metriorhynchus littoreus (67107) | |
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | France (Aquitaine) | Metriorhynchus hastifer (94532) | |
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian | United Kingdom (England) | Dakosaurus sp. (138974) | |
Tithonian | United Kingdom (England) | Metriorhynchidae indet., Steneosaurus palpebosus, Torvoneustes sp. (98478) | |
Tithonian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Dakosaurus andiniensis (72049 72050) | |
Tithonian | Germany (Franconia) | Metriorhynchinae indet., Dakosaurus maximus (24523) Metriorhynchinae indet., Geosaurus giganteus, Cricosaurus elegans (24521) | |
Tithonian | Mexico (Puebla) | Geosaurus vignaudi (27249) | |
Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian | Slovakia (Prešov) | Plesiosuchus sp. (224074) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany | Geosaurus giganteus (121197) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Cricosaurus sp., Geosaurus araucaniensis, Metriorhynchus sp., Cricosaurus araucanensis (79651) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bavaria) | Metriorhynchidae indet., Geosaurinae indet., Cricosaurus rauhuti (224058) Rhacheosaurus gracilis (58604) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bayern) | Cricosaurus medius, Cricosaurus elegans, Cricosaurus gracilis, Geosaurus grandis (132062) Dakosaurus maximus (105541 152901) Lacerta gigantea, Rhacheosaurus gracilis (212951) Metriorhynchinae indet., Dakosaurus maximus, Cricosaurus elegans, Rhacehosaurus gracilis (53039) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | Mexico (Coahuila) | Metriorhynchus sp., Geosaurus saltillense (104859) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | Argentina | Cricosaurus araucanensis (144919) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) | Geosaurini Mr Passmores specimen (217278) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | United Kingdom (England) | Metriorhynchidae indet. (98477) Plesiosuchus manselii (133663) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Geosaurus sp. (79652) | |
Late/Upper Tithonian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Geosaurus sp. (140285) | |
Late/Upper Tithonian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Dakosaurus sp. (143305) | |
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Cricosaurus lithographicus (92122) | |
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Purranisaurus potens (153673) | |
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian | Russian Federation | Metriorhynchidae indet. (155315) | |
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Dakosaurus andiniensis (154296) | |
Early/Lower Berriasian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Cricosaurus puelchorum (224057) | |
Berriasian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Dakosaurus andiniensis (72051 190078) | |
Berriasian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Geosaurus araucaniensis, Dakosaurus sp. (122662) | |
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian | Germany | Enaliosuchus schroederi (95087) | |
Early/Lower Valanginian | France | Geosaurus lapparenti (155313) | |
Early/Lower Valanginian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Enaliosuchus macrospondylus (68272) Neustosaurus gigondarum (123475) | |
Late/Upper Valanginian | Germany (Lower Saxony) | Cricosaurus macrospondylus (155308) | |
Late/Upper Valanginian | France (Bouches-du-Rhone) | Plesiosuchina indet. (155317) | |
Late/Upper Valanginian | France | Dacosaurus lapparenti (123368) | |
Late/Upper Valanginian | Czech Republic (Novy Jičin District) | Torvoneustes sp., Plesiosuchina indet. (64722) | |
Late/Upper Valanginian - Early/Lower Hauterivian | France | Metriorhynchidae indet. (155314) | |
Early/Lower Hauterivian | France | Geosaurus lapparenti (155311) | |
Early/Lower Barremian | Spain (Tereul) | Metriorhynchidae indet. (155316) | |
Early/Lower Aptian | United Kingdom (England) | Dakosaurus sp. (36581) | |
Aptian | Italy (Trapani) | Plesiosuchina indet. (172392) | |
Late/Upper Aptian | United Kingdom (England) | Dakosaurus sp. (58095) |