Metriorhynchinae

Life restoration of Metriorhynchus superciliosum.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Metriorhynchoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Subsectio: Pseudosuchia Cladus: Suchia Cladus: Paracrocodylomorpha Cladus: Loricata Superordo: Crocodylomorpha Ordo: Crocodylia Subordo: †Thalattosuchia Superfamilia: †Metriorhynchoidea

Familia: †Metriorhynchidae
Subfamilia: †Metriorhynchinae
Tribus: Rhacheosaurini
Unassigned genera: Gracilineustes – Metriorhynchus

Name

Metriorhynchinae Buchy, 2008

References

• Buchy M-C., 2008. Reevaluation of the holotype of Plesiosaurus (Polyptychodon) mexicanus, Wieland, 1910 from the Upper Jurassic of Mexico: a thalattosuchian, not a sauropterygian. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 25(3):517-522. Reference page. 

Links

• Metriorhynchinae – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.