†subtribe Geosaurina Foffa et al. 2018 (marine crocodile)

Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae

Full reference: D. Foffa, M. T. Young, S. L. Brusatte, M. R. Graham, and L. Steel. 2018. A new metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Oxford Clay Formation (Middle Jurassic) of England, with implications for the origin and diversification of Geosaurini. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Parent taxon: Geosaurini according to M. T. Young et al. 2024

See also Foffa et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Dakosaurina, Plesiosuchina, Purranisaurus

Subtaxa: Geosaurus Ieldraan

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Type: Geosaurus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), France (3)

• Jurassic of Argentina (3), Cuba (2), Germany (6), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences

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