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Dakosaurina

Osteichthyes - Metriorhynchidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Dakosaurina Young et al. p. 608

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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
subtribeDakosaurina
subtribeDakosaurina

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. †Dakosaurina Young et al. 2024
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G. †Dakosaurus Quenstedt 1856
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†Dakosaurus andiniensis Vignaud and Gasparini 1996
†Dakosaurus maximus Plieninger 1846
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Invalid names: Dakosaurus gracilis Quenstedt 1885 [synonym], Dakosaurus lissocephalus Seeley 1869 [synonym], Megalosaurus schnaitheimii Bunzel 1871 [synonym]
Invalid names: Brachytaenius Merian 1842 [synonym], Plerodon Meyer 1839 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. T. Young et al. 2024Metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs with the following unique combination of characters (3): amblygnathic rostrum (9.1); aligned set of large foramina ventral to the jugal anterior process (within Thalattosuchia, shared with Cricosaurus rauhuti and a specimen referred to Rhacheosaurus gracilis) (156.1); and macrowear along the mesiodistal (carinae) margins of the tooth crowns (646.1).
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 Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 165.30000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5France (Basse-Normandie) Dakosaurus maximus (52633)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus Mr Leeds sp. (109800)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus sp. (100669)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Dakosaurus maximus (93216)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus maximus, Dakosaurus lissocephalus (119508)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian - Late/Upper Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Dakosaurus sp. (136131)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Mexico (Coahuila) Dakosaurus sp. (143339)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2United Kingdom (england) Dakosaurus maximus (144398)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Spain (Asturias) Dakosaurus sp. (154961)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany (Bavaria) Dakosaurus maximus (207479)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian154.8 - 145.06United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus maximus (156363)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany Dakosaurus maximus (74069)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Switzerland (Solothurn) Dakosaurus maximus (133662)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Bayern) Dakosaurus maximus (59175 130048)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) Dakosaurus maximus (94534)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Dakosaurus maximus (154138 229120) Dakosaurus maximus, Megalosaurus sp. (89120) Dakosaurus sp. (41817)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus sp. (70996)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian152.21 - 145.06United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus sp. (138974)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Dakosaurus maximus (53039 105541 152901)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Germany (Franconia) Dakosaurus maximus (24523)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Argentina (Mendoza) Dakosaurus andiniensis (72049 72050)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Argentina (Mendoza) Dakosaurus sp. (143305)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Argentina (Neuquén) Dakosaurus andiniensis (154296)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Argentina (Neuquén) Dakosaurus sp. (122662)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Argentina (Mendoza) Dakosaurus andiniensis (72051 190078)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus sp. (36581)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus sp. (58095)