Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Full reference: M. T. Young, E. W. Wilberg, M. M. Johnson, Y. Herrera, M. B. Andrade, A. Brignon, S. Sachs, P. Abel, D. Foffa, M. S. Fernández, P. Vignaud, T. Cowgill, and S. L. Brusatte. 2024. The history, systematics, and nomenclature of Thalattosuchia (Archosauria: Crocodylomorpha). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 200(2):547-617
Parent taxon: Geosaurini according to M. T. Young et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Geosaurina, Plesiosuchina, Purranisaurus
Subtaxa: Dakosaurus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3 collections), the United Kingdom (2)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Argentina (1)
• Jurassic of Argentina (3), France (2), Germany (13), Mexico (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 35 collections including 37 occurrences