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Metriorhynchus westermanni
Taxonomy
Metriorhynchus westermanni was named by Gasparini (1980). Its type specimen is MGHF 1-010199, a skull (skull with mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Immediately north of Placilla de Caracoles, near the cemetery, which is in a Callovian marine shale in the Mina Chica Formation of Chile.
It was recombined as Purranisaurus westermanni by Young et al. (2010).
It was recombined as Purranisaurus westermanni by Young et al. (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1980 | Metriorhynchus westermanni Gasparini p. 97 figs. Plate 1 |
| 2008 | Metriorhynchus westermanni Gasparini et al. |
| 2010 | Purranisaurus westermanni Young et al. p. 856 |
| 2013 | Metriorhynchus westermanni Young et al. |
| 2015 | Metriorhynchus westermanni Parrilla-Bel and Canudo |
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†Metriorhynchus westermanni Gasparini 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available