Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Full reference: M. B. Andrade, M. T. Young, J. B. Desojo and S. L. Brusatte. 2010. The evolution of extreme hypercarnivory in Metriorhynchidae (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia) based on evidence from microscopic denticle morphology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(5):1451-1465
Parent taxon: Geosaurinae according to J. Parrilla-Bel and J. I. Canudo 2015
See also Andrade et al. 2010, Barrientos-Lara et al. 2016, Bronzati et al. 2012, Cau and Fanti 2011, Young 2013 and Young et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Dakosaurus, Geosaurini, Geosaurus, Neptunidraco, Plesiosuchus, Suchodus, Tyrannoneustes
Subtaxa: Torvoneustes carpenteri Torvoneustes coryphaeus Torvoneustes jurensis Torvoneustes mexicanus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Mexico (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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