Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Full reference: M. T. Young, M. B. d. Andrade, J.-J. Cornée, L. Steel, and D. Foffa. 2014. Re-description of a putative Early Cretaceous "teleosaurid" from France, with implications for the survival of metriorhynchids and teleosaurids across the Jurassic-Cretaceous Boundary. Annales de Paléontologie 100(2):165-174
Parent taxon: Geosaurini according to M. T. Young et al. 2024
See also Chiarenza et al. 2015 and Young et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Dakosaurina, Geosaurina, Purranisaurus
Subtaxa: Plesiosuchus Suchodus
Type: Plesiosuchus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Czechia (1 collection), France (1), Italy (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Slovakia (1)
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence