Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Full reference: A. Cau and F. Fanti. 2011. The oldest known metriorhynchid crocodylian from the Middle Jurassic of North-eastern Italy: Neptunidraco ammoniticus gen. et sp. nov. Gondwana Research 19:550-565
Parent taxon: Geosaurinae according to M. T. Young et al. 2014
See also Barrientos-Lara et al. 2016, Cau and Fanti 2011, Chiarenza et al. 2015, Foffa et al. 2018, Young 2013, Young et al. 2013 and Young et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Dakosaurus, Geosaurus, Neptunidraco, Plesiosuchus, Suchodus, Torvoneustes, Tyrannoneustes
Subtaxa: Geosaurina Plesiosuchina Purranisaurus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (1 collection), France (1), Italy (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Argentina (1)
• Jurassic of Germany (2), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence