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Geosaurini

Reptilia - Metriorhynchidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Geosaurini Cau and Fanti p. 558 fig. 6
2013Geosaurini Young fig. 6
2013Geosaurini Young et al.
2013Geosaurini Young et al.
2014Geosaurini Young et al.
2015Geosaurini Chiarenza et al.
2016Geosaurini Barrientos-Lara et al.
2018Geosaurini Foffa et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
SuchiaKrebs 1974
Paracrocodylomorpha
Loricata(Merrem 1820)
Crocodylomorpha()
Thalattosuchia()
familyMetriorhynchidaeFitzinger 1843
subfamilyGeosaurinaeLydekker 1889
tribeGeosaurini
tribeGeosaurini

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. †Geosaurini Cau and Fanti 2011
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Subtr. †Geosaurina Foffa et al. 2018
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G. †Ieldraan Foffa et al. 2018
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Ieldraan melkshamensis Foffa et al. 2018
G. †Purranisaurus Rusconi 1948
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Purranisaurus potens Rusconi 1948
Invalid names: Plesiosuchina Young et al. 2014 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: nektonicsubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-07-23 01:12:29
Modified: 2009-07-23 03:12:29
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Aptian or 166.10000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian166.1 - 163.5United Kingdom (Wiltshire) Ieldraan melkshamensis (190125)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bavaria) Geosaurini indet. (224078)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Aalen) Geosaurini indet. (224077)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) G. Mr Passmores specimen (217278)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2Argentina (Mendoza) Purranisaurus potens (153673)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Czech Republic (Novy Jičin District) Plesiosuchina indet. (64722)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France (Bouches-du-Rhone) Plesiosuchina indet. (155317)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Italy (Trapani) Plesiosuchina indet. (172392)