Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Parent taxon: Metriorhynchidae according to M. T. Young et al. 2024
See also Cau and Fanti 2011, Chiarenza et al. 2015, Foffa et al. 2018, Young 2013, Young and Andrade 2009, Young et al. 2010, Young et al. 2013, Young et al. 2013 and Young et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Aggiosaurus, Capellineosuchus, Metriorhynchinae
Subtaxa: Geosaurini Neptunidraco Torvoneustes Tyrannoneustes
Type: Geosaurus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3 collections), the Czech Republic (1), France (4), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Argentina (2), Slovakia (1)
• Jurassic of Argentina (7), Cuba (2), France (3), Germany (21), Italy (3), Mexico (3), Poland (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (20)
Total: 77 collections including 86 occurrences