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Euthalattosuchia

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Euthalattosuchia Young et al. p. 596

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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
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
infraorderThalattosuchia()
—Neothalattosuchia
superfamilyMetriorhynchoideaYoung et al. 2010
—Euthalattosuchia
—Euthalattosuchia

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.

Unr. †Euthalattosuchia Young et al. 2024
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Fm. †Metriorhynchidae Fitzinger 1843
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G. †Capellineosuchus Romer 1966
Subfm. †Geosaurinae Lydekker 1889
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Tr. †Geosaurini Cau and Fanti 2011
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Subtr. †Dakosaurina Young et al. 2024
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G. †Dakosaurus Quenstedt 1856
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Invalid names: Brachytaenius Merian 1842 [synonym], Plerodon Meyer 1839 [synonym]
Subtr. †Geosaurina Foffa et al. 2018
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G. †Geosaurus Cuvier 1824
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Invalid names: Halilimnosaurus Ritgen 1826 [synonym], Ltliminosaurus Romer 1966 [synonym]
G. †Ieldraan Foffa et al. 2018
Subtr. †Plesiosuchina Young et al. 2014
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G. †Plesiosuchus Owen 1884
G. †Suchodus Lydekker 1890
G. †Purranisaurus Rusconi 1948
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†Purranisaurus potens Rusconi 1948
G. †Neptunidraco Cau and Fanti 2011
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†Neptunidraco ammoniticus Cau and Fanti 2011
Invalid names: Steneosaurus barettoni De Zigno 1883 [nomen dubium]
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
G. †Tyrannoneustes Young et al. 2013
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†Tyrannoneustes lythrodectikos Young et al. 2013
Subfm. †Metriorhynchinae Buchy 2008
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G. †Enalioetes Sachs et al. 2024
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†Enalioetes schroederi Sachs et al. 2024
G. †Gracilineustes Young et al. 2010
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†Gracilineustes acutus Lennier 1887
†Gracilineustes leedsi Andrews 1913
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Invalid names: Metriorhynchus laeve Andrews 1913 [synonym]
G. †Maledictosuchus Parrilla-Bel et al. 2013
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†Maledictosuchus nuyivijanan Barrientos-Lara et al. 2018
†Maledictosuchus riclaensis Parrilla-Bel et al. 2013
G. †Metriorhynchus von Meyer 1830
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†Metriorhynchus blainvillei Eudes-Deslongchamps 1867
†Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus Eudes-Deslongchamps 1868
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Invalid names: Metriorhynchus cultridens Andrews 1913 [synonym]
†Metriorhynchus casamiquelai Gasparini and Chong 1977
†Metriorhynchus hastifer Eudes-Deslongchamps 1868
†Metriorhynchus littoreus Sauvage 1874
†Metriorhynchus moreli Deslongchamps 1867
†Metriorhynchus palpebosus Phillips 1871
†Metriorhynchus westermanni Gasparini 1980
Tr. †Rhacheosaurini Young et al. 2011
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G. †Cricosaurus Wagner 1858
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†Cricosaurus albersdoerferi Sachs et al. 2021
†Cricosaurus araucanensis Gasparini and Dellape 1976
†Cricosaurus bambergensis Sachs et al. 2019
†Cricosaurus elegans Wagner 1852
†Cricosaurus gracilis Phillips 1871
†Cricosaurus lithographicus Herrera et al. 2013
†Cricosaurus mexicanus Wieland 1910
†Cricosaurus puelchorum Herrera et al. 2021
†Cricosaurus rauhuti Herrera et al. 2021
†Cricosaurus saltillensis Buchy et al. 2006
†Cricosaurus schroderi Kuhn 1936
†Cricosaurus suevicus Fraas 1901
†Cricosaurus vignaudi Frey et al. 2002
Invalid names: Enaliosuchus Koken 1883 [synonym], Neustosaurus Raspail 1842 [nomen dubium]
G. †Rhacheosaurus Meyer 1831
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†Rhacheosaurus gracilis Meyer 1831
G. †Thalattosuchus Young et al. 2021
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†Thalattosuchus superciliosus de Blainville 1853
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Invalid names: Metriorhynchus jaekeli Schmidt 1904 [synonym], Steneosaurus dasyceps Seeley 1869 [synonym], Teleosaurus superciliosus Deslongchamps 1867 [synonym]
Invalid names: Enaliosuchus schroederi Kühn 1936 [nomen nudum]
Invalid names: Aggiosaurus Ambayrac 1913 [nomen dubium], Geosauridae Bonaparte 1850 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. T. Young et al. 2024Metriorhynchoid crocodylomorphs with the following unique combination of characters (11): absence of external ornamentation on the lacrimal (20.1); antorbital cavity is open posteriorly and contiguous with the orbital cavity (51.1); middle-posterior regions of the antorbital cavities are greatly expanded compared to the nasopharyngeal ducts (52.1); nasopharyngeal ducts are conspicuously deepened dorsoventrally (57.1); lacrimal vertically oriented and only exposed in lateral view (164.1); fossa present anterior to the orbits, on the lacrimals and prefrontals, with most of the bony surface anterior to the orbit concave (179.2); prefrontal dorsal surface is greatly expanded laterally, overhanging part of the orbit (205.2); ectopterygoid does not contact the maxilla (393.0); extreme enlargement of the cerebral carotid canal foramina, such that they are more than twice as large as any other foramina on the occipital surface (428.2); ulna less than 50% of humerus length (752.4); distal diaphysis of the ulna is flattened (763.1).
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 Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 167.70000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (134 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Chile Metriorhynchus casamiquelai (190083)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Italy (Veneto) Neptunidraco ammoniticus (104801)
Bajocian - Tithonian170.3 - 145.0Italy (Vicenza) Steneosaurus barettoni (142114)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Morocco (Figuig) Metriorhynchidae indet. (176123)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Italy (Altipiano dei Sette Comuni) Metriorhynchidae indet. (142115)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Argentina (Neuquen) Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus, Geosaurinae indet. Argentina (136383)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5United Kingdom (Wiltshire) Ieldraan melkshamensis (190125)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5France (Lower Normandy) Metriorhynchus superciliosus (154814)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Chile (Antofagasta) Metriorhynchus westermanni (144697)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Metriorhynchus sp. (106921)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Chile (Anofagasta) Metriorhynchus westermanni (132064)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2France (Normandy) Metriorhynchus blainvillei (224108) Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus (224109)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France Tyrannoneustes lythrodectikos (97871)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France (Basse-Normandie) Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus, Dakosaurus maximus (52633)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) Metriorhynchus superciliosus (144756)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus Mr Leeds sp., Metriorhynchus superciliosum, Metriorhynchus moreli, Metriorhynchus laeve, Metriorhynchus leedsi, Metriorhynchus cultridens, Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus, Suchodus durobrivensis, Tyrannoneustes lythrodectikos (109800) Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus (133068) Metriorhynchus jaekeli, Metriorhynchus moreli (133067) Metriorhynchus sp., Pterosauria indet. (92051) Metriorhynchus superciliosus (142299) Tyrannoneustes lythrodectikos (47362 162945)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Germany (Northrhine Westphalia) Metriorhynchus sp. (206063)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Metriorhynchus sp. (67698)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Chile (Antofagasta) Metriorhynchus casamiquelai (138294)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Spain (Zaragoza) Maledictosuchus riclaensis (138665)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7Poland Tyrannoneustes sp. (138161)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7France (Basse-Normandie) Metriorhynchus geoffroyii (49339)
Late/Upper Callovian - Middle Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7France (Basse Normandie) Metriorhynchidae indet. (174568)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Calvados) Metriorhynchus sp. (154957)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Chile (Caracoles) Metriorhynchus westermanni (137133)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus sp. (100669)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0France (Vienne) Metriorhynchidae indet., Metriorhynchus brachyrhynchus (154224)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Dakosaurus maximus (93216)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Mexico (Oaxaca) Metriorhynchinae indet. (137352)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) Metriorhynchidae indet. (91991)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Alpes-Maritimes) Reptilia indet. (35972)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) Metriorhynchidae indet., Torvoneustes sp. (138711)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Bourgogne) Metriorhynchus sp. (36568)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Cuba (Pinar del Río) Cricosaurus sp. Cuba, Metriorhynchidae indet. (45797)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Cuba (Vinales) Geosaurus sp. (138289 138290) Metriorhynchidae indet. (138291)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Spain (Asturias) Dakosaurus sp. (154961)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1United Kingdom (England) Metriorhynchidae indet. (47789 53524) Metriorhynchus superciliosus (144402)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Mexico (Coahuila) Dakosaurus sp. (143339)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1United Kingdom (england) Dakosaurus maximus (144398)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Mexico (Oaxaca) Metriorhynchinae indet., Maledictosuchus nuyivijanan (207480)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Metriorhynchidae indet. (142832)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Germany (Bavaria) Dakosaurus maximus, Cricosaurus bambergensis (207479)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian157.3 - 145.0United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) Metriorhynchidae indet. (114895)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian157.3 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus maximus (156363) Metriorhynchidae indet. (92096)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Metriorhynchidae indet. (52557)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Lower Normandy) Gracilineustes acutus (153672)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8United Kingdom (Wiltshire) Torvoneustes coryphaeus (152924)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bavaria) Geosaurini indet. (224078)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Haute-Normandie) Teleosaurus superciliosus (48856)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Seine-Maritime) Metriorhynchus hastifer (217279)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Aalen) Geosaurini indet. (224077)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus maximus, Dakosaurus lissocephalus (119508) Metriorhynchidae indet. (119086)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian - Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Dakosaurus sp. (136131)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian - Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Mexico Metriorhynchinae indet. (142846)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) Dakosaurus maximus (94534) Metriorhynchus sp., Metriorhynchus littoreus (67107)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Poland (Ilza) Metriorhynchidae indet. (123852)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Dakosaurus maximus, Cricosaurus suevicus (154138) Dakosaurus sp., Geosaurus sp., Geosaurinae indet., Dakosaurus maximus, Geosaurus suevicus, Cricosaurus suevicus (41817) Geosaurus sp., Dakosaurus maximus, Megalosaurus sp. (89120)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Switzerland (Jura) Metriorhynchus sp. (180789) Torvoneustes jurensis (232696)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Mexico (Coahuila) Cricosaurus saltillensis (110176)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Switzerland (Solothurn) Dakosaurus maximus (133662)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Aquitaine) Metriorhynchus hastifer (94532)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus carpenteri (100263) Dakosaurus sp. (70996) Geosaurus sp. (26795) Plesiosuchus manselii (119504) Torvoneustes sp. (118949) Torvoneustes sp. SEC K1707 (118950)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bayern) Cricosaurus sp., Metriorhynchinae indet., Dakosaurus maximus, Cricosaurus albersdoerferi (130048) Dakosaurus maximus (59175)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany Dakosaurus maximus (74069)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus sp. (138974)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Metriorhynchidae indet., Steneosaurus palpebosus, Torvoneustes sp. (98478)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Argentina (Mendoza) Dakosaurus andiniensis (72049 72050)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Mexico (Puebla) Geosaurus vignaudi (27249)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Germany (Franconia) Metriorhynchinae indet., Dakosaurus maximus (24523) Metriorhynchinae indet., Geosaurus giganteus, Cricosaurus elegans (24521)
Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian152.1 - 140.2Slovakia (Prešov) Plesiosuchus sp. (224074)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Cricosaurus medius, Cricosaurus elegans, Cricosaurus gracilis, Geosaurus grandis (132062) Dakosaurus maximus (105541 152901) Lacerta gigantea, Rhacheosaurus gracilis (212951) Metriorhynchinae indet., Dakosaurus maximus, Cricosaurus elegans, Rhacehosaurus gracilis (53039)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) Geosaurini Mr Passmores specimen (217278)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bavaria) Metriorhynchidae indet., Geosaurinae indet., Cricosaurus rauhuti (224058) Rhacheosaurus gracilis (58604)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Metriorhynchidae indet. (98477) Plesiosuchus manselii (133663)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Mexico (Coahuila) Metriorhynchus sp., Geosaurus saltillense (104859)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany Geosaurus giganteus (121197)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Argentina Cricosaurus araucanensis (144919)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Argentina (Neuquén) Cricosaurus sp., Geosaurus araucaniensis, Metriorhynchus sp., Cricosaurus araucanensis (79651)
Early/Lower Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Argentina (Neuquén) Geosaurus sp. (79652)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Argentina (Mendoza) Dakosaurus sp. (143305)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Argentina (Neuquén) Geosaurus sp. (140285)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Argentina (Neuquén) Cricosaurus lithographicus (92122)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2Russian Federation Metriorhynchidae indet. (155315)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2Argentina (Neuquén) Dakosaurus andiniensis (154296)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2Argentina (Mendoza) Purranisaurus potens (153673)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Argentina (Mendoza) Cricosaurus puelchorum (224057)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Argentina (Mendoza) Dakosaurus andiniensis (72051 190078)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Argentina (Neuquén) Geosaurus araucaniensis, Dakosaurus sp. (122662)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9Germany Enaliosuchus schroederi (95087)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France Geosaurus lapparenti (155313)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Enaliosuchus macrospondylus (68272) Neustosaurus gigondarum (123475)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France Dacosaurus lapparenti (123368)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Germany (Lower Saxony) Cricosaurus macrospondylus (155308)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France (Bouches-du-Rhone) Plesiosuchina indet. (155317)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Czech Republic (Novy Jičin District) Torvoneustes sp., Plesiosuchina indet. (64722)
Late/Upper Valanginian - Early/Lower Hauterivian140.2 - 130.0France Metriorhynchidae indet. (155314)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0France Geosaurus lapparenti (155311)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Tereul) Metriorhynchidae indet. (155316)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Italy (Trapani) Plesiosuchina indet. (172392)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus sp. (58095)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46United Kingdom (England) Dakosaurus sp. (36581)