Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Alternative spelling: Dacosaurus
Synonyms: Brachytaenius Merian 1842, Plerodon Meyer 1839
Parent taxon: Dakosaurina according to M. T. Young et al. 2024
See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Buchy et al. 2007, Carroll 1988, Cau and Fanti 2011, Charig 1967, Delair 1958, Gasparini et al. 2006, Herrera and Vennari 2014, Hulke 1869, Meyer 1845, Nascimento and Zaher 2011, Owen 1861, Parrilla-Bel and Canudo 2015, Quenstedt 1882, Sauvage 1873, Sepkoski 2002, Sertich and O'Connor 2014, Young 2013, Young et al. 2010, Young et al. 2013, Young et al. 2014 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Dakosaurus andiniensis Dakosaurus maximus
Type: Geosaurus maximus
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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