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Torvoneustes

Reptilia - Metriorhynchidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Torvoneustes Andrade et al.
2011Torvoneustes Cau and Fanti
2012Torvoneustes Bronzati et al.
2013Torvoneustes Young fig. 6
2013Torvoneustes Young et al.
2015Torvoneustes Parrilla-Bel and Canudo
2016Torvoneustes Barrientos-Lara et al.

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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
subfamilyGeosaurinaeLydekker 1889
genusTorvoneustes

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.

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
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 Middle Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Valanginian or 161.20000 to 136.40000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Mexico (Oaxaca) Metriorhynchinae indet. (137352)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (138711)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8United Kingdom (Wiltshire) T. coryphaeus (152924)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Switzerland (Jura) T. jurensis (232696)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus carpenteri (100263) T. sp. (118949) T. sp. SEC K1707 (118950)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (98478)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Czech Republic (Novy Jičin District) T. sp. (64722)