Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Synonym: Geosauridae Bonaparte 1850
Parent taxon: Euthalattosuchia according to M. T. Young et al. 2024
See also Araujo et al. 2008, Barrientos-Lara et al. 2018, Bonaparte 1850, Buchy 2008, Buffetaut 1980, Buffetaut 1982, Carroll 1988, Cau and Fanti 2011, Delair 1958, Fiorelli and Calvo 2008, Foffa et al. 2018, Gasparini and Iturralde-Vinent 2001, Gasparini et al. 2006, Hua et al. 2000, Huene 1954, Jaekel 1911, Jouve 2009, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Madzia et al. 2021, Mueller-Töwe 2005, Parrilla-Bel et al. 2013, Pol and Norell 2004, Sachs et al. 2019, Young 2013, Young et al. 2010, Young et al. 2013 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Aggiosaurus Capellineosuchus Geosaurinae Metriorhynchinae
Type: Metriorhynchus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (4 collections), Czechia (1), France (7), Germany (2), Italy (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Argentina (2), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (1)
• Jurassic of Argentina (9), Chile (5), Cuba (4), France (19), Germany (25), Italy (3), Mexico (9), Morocco (1), Poland (2), Spain (2), Switzerland (3), the United Kingdom (34)
Total: 138 collections including 180 occurrences