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Metriorhynchus geoffroyii

Reptilia - Metriorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Metriorhynchus geoffroyii was named by Meyer (1832). Its type specimen is MHNG V-2232, a partial skull (anterior portion of snout), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vaches Noires, near Honfleur, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian marine marl in France.

It was recombined as Streptospondylus geoffroyi by Meyer (1847); it was synonymized subjectively with Steneosaurus rostrominor by Gervais (1852) and Pictet (1853).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Metriorhynchus geoffroyii Meyer p. 106
1847Streptospondylus geoffroyi Meyer
1987Metriorhynchus geoffroyii Adams-Tresman
2006Metriorhynchus geoffroyii Karl et al.
2010Metriorhynchus geoffroyii Young et al. p. 847
2013Metriorhynchus geoffroyii Young et al.
2015Metriorhynchus geoffroyii 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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Thalattosuchia()
familyMetriorhynchidaeFitzinger 1843
genusMetriorhynchusvon Meyer 1830
speciesgeoffroyii

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.

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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 Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 164.70000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7France (Basse-Normandie) Metriorhynchus geoffroyii (type locality: 49339)