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Metriorhynchidae
Taxonomy
Metriorhynchidae was named by Fitzinger (1843). It is not extant. Its type is Metriorhynchus. It was considered monophyletic by Gasparini and Iturralde-Vinent (2001) and Jouve (2009) and Parrilla-Bel et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Longirostres by Zittel (1890); to Crocodili by Jaekel (1911); to Crocodilia by Delair (1958); to Mesosuchia by Huene (1954) and Carroll (1988); to Crocodyliformes by Gasparini and Iturralde-Vinent (2001); to Mesoeucrocodylia by Pol and Norell (2004); to Neosuchia by Fiorelli and Calvo (2008); to Metriorhynchoidea by Young et al. (2010), Cau and Fanti (2011) and Young (2013); to Thalattosuchia by Buffetaut (1982), Buchy (2008) and Parrilla-Bel et al. (2013); to Thalattosuchia by Kuhn (1946), Kuhn (1966), Hua et al. (2000), Mueller-Töwe (2005), Gasparini et al. (2006), Jouve (2009) and Foffa et al. (2018); to Thalattosuchia by Buffetaut (1980), Araujo et al. (2008), Young et al. (2013), Barrientos-Lara et al. (2018), Sachs et al. (2019) and Madzia et al. (2021); and to Euthalattosuchia by Young et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Longirostres by Zittel (1890); to Crocodili by Jaekel (1911); to Crocodilia by Delair (1958); to Mesosuchia by Huene (1954) and Carroll (1988); to Crocodyliformes by Gasparini and Iturralde-Vinent (2001); to Mesoeucrocodylia by Pol and Norell (2004); to Neosuchia by Fiorelli and Calvo (2008); to Metriorhynchoidea by Young et al. (2010), Cau and Fanti (2011) and Young (2013); to Thalattosuchia by Buffetaut (1982), Buchy (2008) and Parrilla-Bel et al. (2013); to Thalattosuchia by Kuhn (1946), Kuhn (1966), Hua et al. (2000), Mueller-Töwe (2005), Gasparini et al. (2006), Jouve (2009) and Foffa et al. (2018); to Thalattosuchia by Buffetaut (1980), Araujo et al. (2008), Young et al. (2013), Barrientos-Lara et al. (2018), Sachs et al. (2019) and Madzia et al. (2021); and to Euthalattosuchia by Young et al. (2024).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1843 | Metriorhynchidae Fitzinger |
| 1850 | Geosauridae Bonaparte |
| 1890 | Metriorhynchidae Zittel p. 667 |
| 1911 | Geosauridae Jaekel p. 164 |
| 1911 | Metriorhynchidae Jaekel p. 164 |
| 1913 | Aggiosaurus Ambayrac |
| 1913 | Aggiosaurus nicaeensis Ambayrac |
| 1939 | Megalosaurus nicaeensis Kuhn p. 70 |
| 1943 | Megalosaurus nicaeensis Lapparent p. 20 |
| 1946 | Metriorhynchidae Kuhn p. 64 |
| 1954 | Metriorhynchidae Huene p. 54 |
| 1958 | Metriorhynchidae Delair p. 60 |
| 1966 | Metriorhynchidae Kuhn p. 86 |
| 1970 | Megalosaurus nicaeensis Steel p. 35 |
| 1980 | Metriorhynchidae Buffetaut |
| 1982 | Metriorhynchidae Buffetaut p. 18 |
| 1982 | Aggiosaurus Buffetaut p. 473 |
| 1988 | Metriorhynchidae Carroll |
| 2000 | Metriorhynchidae Hua et al. p. 472 |
| 2001 | Metriorhynchidae Gasparini and Iturralde-Vinent |
| 2004 | Metriorhynchidae Pol and Norell |
| 2005 | Metriorhynchidae Mueller-Töwe |
| 2006 | Metriorhynchidae Gasparini et al. p. 72 |
| 2007 | Aggiosaurus nicaeensis Naish and Martill p. 502 |
| 2008 | Metriorhynchidae Araujo et al. p. 20 |
| 2008 | Metriorhynchidae Buchy |
| 2008 | Metriorhynchidae Fiorelli and Calvo |
| 2009 | Metriorhynchidae Jouve |
| 2010 | Metriorhynchidae Young et al. p. 845 |
| 2011 | Metriorhynchidae Cau and Fanti p. 558 fig. 6 |
| 2013 | Metriorhynchidae Parrilla-Bel et al. p. 3 |
| 2013 | Metriorhynchidae Young fig. 6 |
| 2013 | Metriorhynchidae Young et al. |
| 2018 | Metriorhynchidae Barrientos-Lara et al. |
| 2018 | Metriorhynchidae Foffa et al. |
| 2019 | Metriorhynchidae Sachs et al. |
| 2021 | Metriorhynchidae Madzia et al. |
| 2024 | Metriorhynchidae Young et al. pp. 598-600 |
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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.
Fm. †Metriorhynchidae Fitzinger 1843
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G. †Capellineosuchus Romer 1966
Subfm. †Geosaurinae Lydekker 1889
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Tr. †Geosaurini Cau and Fanti 2011
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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]
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]
Subtr. †Plesiosuchina Young et al. 2014
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G. †Neptunidraco Cau and Fanti 2011
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†Neptunidraco ammoniticus Cau and Fanti 2011
Invalid names: Steneosaurus barettoni De Zigno 1883 [nomen dubium]
G. †Torvoneustes Andrade et al. 2010
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†Torvoneustes carpenteri Wilkinson et al. 2008
†Torvoneustes coryphaeus Young et al. 2013
†Torvoneustes jurensis Girard et al. 2023
†Torvoneustes mexicanus Barrientos-Lara et al. 2016
Subfm. †Metriorhynchinae Buchy 2008
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G. †Maledictosuchus Parrilla-Bel et al. 2013
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†Maledictosuchus nuyivijanan Barrientos-Lara et al. 2018
†Maledictosuchus riclaensis Parrilla-Bel et al. 2013
G. †Metriorhynchus von Meyer 1830
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†Metriorhynchus blainvillei Eudes-Deslongchamps 1867
†Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus Eudes-Deslongchamps 1868
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Invalid names: Metriorhynchus cultridens Andrews 1913 [synonym]
†Metriorhynchus casamiquelai Gasparini and Chong 1977
†Metriorhynchus geoffroyii Meyer 1832
†Metriorhynchus hastifer Eudes-Deslongchamps 1868
†Metriorhynchus littoreus Sauvage 1874
†Metriorhynchus moreli Deslongchamps 1867
†Metriorhynchus palpebosus Phillips 1871
†Metriorhynchus westermanni Gasparini 1980
Tr. †Rhacheosaurini Young et al. 2011
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G. †Cricosaurus Wagner 1858
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†Cricosaurus albersdoerferi Sachs et al. 2021
†Cricosaurus araucanensis Gasparini and Dellape 1976
†Cricosaurus bambergensis Sachs et al. 2019
†Cricosaurus elegans Wagner 1852
†Cricosaurus gracilis Phillips 1871
†Cricosaurus lithographicus Herrera et al. 2013
†Cricosaurus macrospondylus Koken 1883
†Cricosaurus mexicanus Wieland 1910
†Cricosaurus puelchorum Herrera et al. 2021
†Cricosaurus rauhuti Herrera et al. 2021
†Cricosaurus saltillensis Buchy et al. 2006
†Cricosaurus schroderi Kuhn 1936
†Cricosaurus suevicus Fraas 1901
†Cricosaurus vignaudi Frey et al. 2002
Invalid names: Enaliosuchus Koken 1883 [synonym], Neustosaurus Raspail 1842 [nomen dubium]
G. †Thalattosuchus Young et al. 2021
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†Thalattosuchus superciliosus de Blainville 1853
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Invalid names: Metriorhynchus jaekeli Schmidt 1904 [synonym], Steneosaurus dasyceps Seeley 1869 [synonym], Teleosaurus superciliosus Deslongchamps 1867 [synonym]
Invalid names: Enaliosuchus schroederi Kühn 1936 [nomen nudum]
Invalid names: Aggiosaurus Ambayrac 1913 [nomen dubium], Geosauridae Bonaparte 1850 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available