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Geosaurina

Osteichthyes - Metriorhynchidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Geosaurina Foffa et al.
2024Geosaurina Young et al. pp. 606-607

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—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
subfamilyGeosaurinaeLydekker 1889
tribeGeosaurini
subtribeGeosaurina
subtribeGeosaurina

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.

Subtr. †Geosaurina Foffa et al. 2018
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G. †Geosaurus Cuvier 1824
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†Geosaurus giganteus Sömmerring 1816
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Invalid names: Brachytaenius perennis Meyer 1842 [synonym], Geosaurus sommerringi Meyer 1831 [synonym], Halilimnosaurus crocodiloides Ritgen 1826 [synonym], Mosasaurus bavaricus Holl 1829 [synonym]
†Geosaurus grandis Wagner 1858
†Geosaurus lapparenti Debelmas and Strannoloubsky 1957
†Geosaurus medius Wagner 1858
Invalid names: Halilimnosaurus Ritgen 1826 [synonym], Ltliminosaurus Romer 1966 [synonym]
G. †Ieldraan Foffa et al. 2018
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†Ieldraan melkshamensis Foffa et al. 2018
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 Early/Lower Hauterivian or 165.30000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (Wiltshire) Ieldraan melkshamensis (190125)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Cuba (Vinales) Geosaurus sp. (138289 138290)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Geosaurus sp. (89120 229120)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2United Kingdom (England) Geosaurus sp. (26795)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Argentina (Neuquén) Geosaurus araucaniensis (79651)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany Geosaurus giganteus (121197)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Cricosaurus medius, Geosaurus grandis (132062) Lacerta gigantea (212951)
Early/Lower Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Argentina (Neuquén) Geosaurus sp. (79652)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Germany (Franconia) Geosaurus giganteus (24521)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Argentina (Neuquén) Geosaurus sp. (140285)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Argentina (Neuquén) Geosaurus araucaniensis (122662)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6France Geosaurus lapparenti (155313)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6France Dacosaurus lapparenti (123368)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France Geosaurus lapparenti (155311)