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Metriorhynchus hastifer

Reptilia - Metriorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Teleosaurus hastifer was named by Eudes-Deslongchamps (1868). Its type specimen is LOST specimen, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Metriorhynchus hastifer by Swinton (1934), Young et al. (2010), Bronzati et al. (2012), Young et al. (2013), Parrilla-Bel and Canudo (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Teleosaurus hastifer Eudes-Deslongchamps
1934Metriorhynchus hastifer Swinton p. 26
2010Metriorhynchus hastifer Young et al. p. 848
2012Metriorhynchus hastifer Bronzati et al.
2013Metriorhynchus hastifer Young et al.
2015Metriorhynchus hastifer Parrilla-Bel and Canudo

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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
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
infraorderThalattosuchia()
—Neothalattosuchia
superfamilyMetriorhynchoideaYoung et al. 2010
—Euthalattosuchia
familyMetriorhynchidaeFitzinger 1843
subfamilyMetriorhynchinae
genusMetriorhynchusvon Meyer 1830
specieshastifer(Eudes-Deslongchamps 1868)

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.

†Metriorhynchus hastifer Eudes-Deslongchamps 1868
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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 Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 154.80000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21France (Seine-Maritime) Metriorhynchus hastifer (217279)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France (Aquitaine) Metriorhynchus hastifer (94532)