Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Parent taxon: Metriorhynchidae according to J. Parrilla-Bel and J. I. Canudo 2015
See also Andrews 1913, Araujo et al. 2008, Bronzati et al. 2012, Buffetaut and Thierry 1977, Carroll 1988, Cau and Fanti 2011, Charig 1967, Delair 1958, Gasparini et al. 2008, Gasparini et al. 2006, Gasparini et al. 2000, Jouve 2009, Jouve et al. 2006, Larsson and Sues 2007, Nascimento and Zaher 2011, Sepkoski 2002, Sertich and O'Connor 2014, Young 2013, Young et al. 2010, Young et al. 2013 and Zaher et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Aggiosaurus, Capellineosuchus, Geosaurinae, Metriorhynchinae
Subtaxa: Metriorhynchus blainvillei Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus Metriorhynchus casamiquelai Metriorhynchus geoffroyii Metriorhynchus hastifer Metriorhynchus littoreus Metriorhynchus moreli Metriorhynchus palpebosus Metriorhynchus westermanni
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (2 collections), Chile (5), France (11), Germany (1), Mexico (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 27 collections including 30 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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