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Metriorhynchidae

Reptilia - Metriorhynchidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Metriorhynchidae Fitzinger
1850Geosauridae Bonaparte
1890Metriorhynchidae Zittel p. 667
1911Geosauridae Jaekel p. 164
1911Metriorhynchidae Jaekel p. 164
1913Aggiosaurus Ambayrac
1913Aggiosaurus nicaeensis Ambayrac
1939Megalosaurus nicaeensis Kuhn p. 70
1943Megalosaurus nicaeensis Lapparent p. 20
1946Metriorhynchidae Kuhn p. 64
1954Metriorhynchidae Huene p. 54
1958Metriorhynchidae Delair p. 60
1966Metriorhynchidae Kuhn p. 86
1970Megalosaurus nicaeensis Steel p. 35
1980Metriorhynchidae Buffetaut
1982Metriorhynchidae Buffetaut p. 18
1982Aggiosaurus Buffetaut p. 473
1988Metriorhynchidae Carroll
2000Metriorhynchidae Hua et al. p. 472
2001Metriorhynchidae Gasparini and Iturralde-Vinent
2004Metriorhynchidae Pol and Norell
2005Metriorhynchidae Mueller-Töwe
2006Metriorhynchidae Gasparini et al. p. 72
2007Aggiosaurus nicaeensis Naish and Martill p. 502
2008Metriorhynchidae Araujo et al. p. 20
2008Metriorhynchidae Buchy
2008Metriorhynchidae Fiorelli and Calvo
2009Metriorhynchidae Jouve
2010Metriorhynchidae Young et al. p. 845
2011Metriorhynchidae Cau and Fanti p. 558 fig. 6
2013Metriorhynchidae Parrilla-Bel et al. p. 3
2013Metriorhynchidae Young fig. 6
2013Metriorhynchidae Young et al.
2018Metriorhynchidae Barrientos-Lara et al.
2018Metriorhynchidae Foffa et al.
2019Metriorhynchidae Sachs et al.
2021Metriorhynchidae Madzia et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
SuchiaKrebs 1974
Paracrocodylomorpha
Loricata(Merrem 1820)
Crocodylomorpha()
Thalattosuchia()
familyMetriorhynchidaeFitzinger 1843
familyMetriorhynchidaeFitzinger 1843

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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G. †Ieldraan Foffa et al. 2018
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Ieldraan melkshamensis Foffa et al. 2018
G. †Purranisaurus Rusconi 1948
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Purranisaurus potens Rusconi 1948
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. †Plesiosuchus Owen 1884
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Plesiosuchus manselii Hulke 1870
G. †Suchodus Lydekker 1890
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Suchodus durobrivensis Lydekker 1890
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
G. †Tyrannoneustes Young et al. 2013
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Tyrannoneustes lythrodectikos Young et al. 2013
Subfm. †Metriorhynchinae Buchy 2008
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G. †Gracilineustes Young et al. 2010
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Gracilineustes acutus Lennier 1887
Gracilineustes leedsi Andrews 1913
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Invalid names: Metriorhynchus laeve Andrews 1913 [synonym]
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 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. †Rhacheosaurus Meyer 1831
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Rhacheosaurus gracilis Meyer 1831
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 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
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: nektonicsubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-07-23 01:12:29
Modified: 2009-07-23 03:12:29
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Kiessling 2004

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
Middle Jurassic174.1 - 163.5Chile Metriorhynchus casamiquelai (190083)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Italy (Veneto) Neptunidraco ammoniticus (104801)
Bajocian - Tithonian170.3 - 145.0Italy (Vicenza) Steneosaurus barettoni (142114)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Italy (Altipiano dei Sette Comuni) Metriorhynchidae indet. (142115)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Morocco (Figuig) Metriorhynchidae indet. (176123)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Argentina (Neuquen) Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus, Geosaurinae indet. Argentina (136383)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Chile (Antofagasta) Metriorhynchus westermanni (144697)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Chile (Anofagasta) Metriorhynchus westermanni (132064)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Metriorhynchus sp. (106921)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5United Kingdom (Wiltshire) Ieldraan melkshamensis (190125)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5France (Lower Normandy) Metriorhynchus superciliosus (154814)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2France (Normandy) Metriorhynchus blainvillei (224108) Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus (224109)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France Tyrannoneustes lythrodectikos (97871)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France (Basse-Normandie) Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus, Dakosaurus maximus (52633)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) Metriorhynchus superciliosus (144756)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Metriorhynchus sp. (67698)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2United 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 Callovian164.7 - 161.2Chile (Antofagasta) Metriorhynchus casamiquelai (138294)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Germany (Northrhine Westphalia) Metriorhynchus sp. (206063)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Spain (Zaragoza) Maledictosuchus riclaensis (138665)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7Poland Tyrannoneustes sp. (138161)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7France (Basse-Normandie) Metriorhynchus geoffroyii (49339)
Late/Upper Callovian - Middle Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7France (Basse Normandie) Metriorhynchidae indet. (174568)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus sp. (100669)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Chile (Caracoles) Metriorhynchus westermanni (137133)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Calvados) Metriorhynchus sp. (154957)
Late/Upper Jurassic163.5 - 145.0France (Vienne) Metriorhynchidae indet., Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus (154224)
Late/Upper Jurassic163.5 - 145.0Mexico (Oaxaca) Metriorhynchinae indet. (137352)
Late/Upper Jurassic163.5 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Dakosaurus maximus (93216)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) Metriorhynchidae indet. (91991)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Alpes-Maritimes) Reptilia indet. (35972)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) Metriorhynchidae indet., Torvoneustes sp. (138711)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Bourgogne) Metriorhynchus sp. (36568)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Cuba (Pinar del Río) Cricosaurus sp. Cuba, Metriorhynchidae indet. (45797)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Cuba (Vinales) Geosaurus sp. (138289 138290) Metriorhynchidae indet. (138291)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1United Kingdom (england) Dakosaurus maximus (144398)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Metriorhynchidae indet. (142832)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1United Kingdom (England) Metriorhynchidae indet. (47789 53524) Metriorhynchus superciliosus (144402)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Germany (Bavaria) Dakosaurus maximus, Cricosaurus bambergensis (207479)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Mexico (Oaxaca) Metriorhynchinae indet., Maledictosuchus nuyivijanan (207480)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Mexico (Coahuila) Dakosaurus sp. (143339)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Spain (Asturias) Dakosaurus sp. (154961)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian157.3 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus maximus (156363) Metriorhynchidae indet. (92096)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian157.3 - 145.0United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) Metriorhynchidae indet. (114895)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Metriorhynchidae indet. (52557)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Lower Normandy) Gracilineustes acutus (153672)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Seine-Maritime) Metriorhynchus hastifer (217279)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bavaria) Geosaurini indet. (224078)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8United Kingdom (Wiltshire) Torvoneustes coryphaeus (152924)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus maximus, Dakosaurus lissocephalus (119508) Metriorhynchidae indet. (119086)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Aalen) Geosaurini indet. (224077)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Haute-Normandie) Teleosaurus superciliosus (48856)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian - Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Mexico Metriorhynchinae indet. (142846)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian - Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Dakosaurus sp. (136131)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bayern) Cricosaurus sp., Metriorhynchinae indet., Dakosaurus maximus, Cricosaurus albersdoerferi (130048) Dakosaurus maximus (59175)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus carpenteri (100263) Dakosaurus sp. (70996) Geosaurus sp. (26795) Plesiosuchus manselii (119504) Torvoneustes sp. (118949) Torvoneustes sp. SEC K1707 (118950)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Switzerland (Jura) Metriorhynchus sp. (180789) Torvoneustes jurensis (232696)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Poland (Ilza) Metriorhynchidae indet. (123852)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (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 Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Switzerland (Solothurn) Dakosaurus maximus (133662)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany Dakosaurus maximus (74069)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Mexico (Coahuila) Cricosaurus saltillensis (110176)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) Dakosaurus maximus (94534) Metriorhynchus sp., Metriorhynchus littoreus (67107)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Aquitaine) Metriorhynchus hastifer (94532)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus sp. (138974)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Metriorhynchidae indet., Steneosaurus palpebosus, Torvoneustes sp. (98478)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Argentina (Mendoza) Dakosaurus andiniensis (72049 72050)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Germany (Franconia) Metriorhynchinae indet., Dakosaurus maximus (24523) Metriorhynchinae indet., Geosaurus giganteus, Cricosaurus elegans (24521)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Mexico (Puebla) Geosaurus vignaudi (27249)
Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian152.1 - 140.2Slovakia (Prešov) Plesiosuchus sp. (224074)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany Geosaurus giganteus (121197)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Argentina (Neuquén) Cricosaurus sp., Geosaurus araucaniensis, Metriorhynchus sp., Cricosaurus araucanensis (79651)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bavaria) Metriorhynchidae indet., Geosaurinae indet., Cricosaurus rauhuti (224058) Rhacheosaurus gracilis (58604)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (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 Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Mexico (Coahuila) Metriorhynchus sp., Geosaurus saltillense (104859)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Argentina Cricosaurus araucanensis (144919)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) Geosaurini Mr Passmores specimen (217278)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Metriorhynchidae indet. (98477) Plesiosuchus manselii (133663)
Early/Lower Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Argentina (Neuquén) Geosaurus sp. (79652)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Argentina (Neuquén) Geosaurus sp. (140285)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Argentina (Mendoza) Dakosaurus sp. (143305)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Argentina (Neuquén) Cricosaurus lithographicus (92122)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2Argentina (Mendoza) Purranisaurus potens (153673)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2Russian Federation Metriorhynchidae indet. (155315)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2Argentina (Neuquén) Dakosaurus andiniensis (154296)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Argentina (Mendoza) Cricosaurus puelchorum (224057)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Argentina (Mendoza) Dakosaurus andiniensis (72051 190078)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Argentina (Neuquén) Geosaurus araucaniensis, Dakosaurus sp. (122662)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9Germany Enaliosuchus schroederi (95087)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France Geosaurus lapparenti (155313)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Enaliosuchus macrospondylus (68272) Neustosaurus gigondarum (123475)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Germany (Lower Saxony) Cricosaurus macrospondylus (155308)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France (Bouches-du-Rhone) Plesiosuchina indet. (155317)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France Dacosaurus lapparenti (123368)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Czech Republic (Novy Jičin District) Torvoneustes sp., Plesiosuchina indet. (64722)
Late/Upper Valanginian - Early/Lower Hauterivian140.2 - 130.0France Metriorhynchidae indet. (155314)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0France Geosaurus lapparenti (155311)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Tereul) Metriorhynchidae indet. (155316)
Early/Lower Aptian125.45 - 122.46United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus sp. (36581)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Italy (Trapani) Plesiosuchina indet. (172392)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus sp. (58095)