Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Alternative combination: Streptospondylus geoffroyi
Full reference: H. v. Meyer. 1832. Palaeologica zur Geschichte der Erde und ihrer Geschöpfe; Verlag von Siegmund Schmerber, Franfurt am Main 1-560
Belongs to Metriorhynchus according to J. Parrilla-Bel and J. I. Canudo 2015
See also Adams-Tresman 1987, Gervais 1852, Karl et al. 2006, Meyer 1832, Pictet 1853, Young et al. 2010 and Young et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Metriorhynchus blainvillei, Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus, Metriorhynchus casamiquelai, Metriorhynchus hastifer, Metriorhynchus littoreus, Metriorhynchus moreli, Metriorhynchus palpebosus, Metriorhynchus westermanni
Type specimen: MHNG V-2232, a partial skull (anterior portion of snout). Its type locality is Vaches Noires, near Honfleur, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian marine marl in France.
Distribution: found only at Vaches Noires, near Honfleur
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