Metriorhynchus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the genus of beetles, see Metriorrhynchus.
Metriorhynchus is an extinct genus of marine crocodyliform that lived in the oceans during the Late Jurassic. The type species, M. brevirostris was named in 1829 as a species of Steneosaurus before being named as a separate genus by the German palaeontologist Christian von Meyer in 1832.[1] The name Metriorhynchus means "Moderate snout", and is derived from the Greek Metrio- ("moderate") and -rhynchos ("snout").
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Metriorhynchus | |
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Partial holotype rostrum (MHNG V-2232) of M. brevirostris as illustrated in 1824 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
Suborder: | †Thalattosuchia |
Family: | †Metriorhynchidae |
Genus: | †Metriorhynchus von Meyer, 1832[1] |
Species: | †M. brevirostris |
Binomial name | |
†Metriorhynchus brevirostris (Holl, 1828) vide Young et al., 2020[2] | |
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