Metriorhynchus

Metriorhynchus; Temporal range: Kimmeridgian, 157–150 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	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
Species:	†M. brevirostris
Binomial name
	†Metriorhynchus brevirostris; (Holl, 1828) vide Young et al., 2020
Synonyms
	Gavialis jurinii Gray, 1831; Metriorhynchus geoffroyii von Meyer, 1832; Streptospondylus geoffroyi (von Meyer, 1832); Steneosaurus brevirostris Holl, 1829; Steneosaurus rostro-minor Geoffroy, 1825;

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.^[2] The name Metriorhynchus means "Moderate snout", and is derived from the Greek Metrio- ("moderate") and -rhynchos ("snout").

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[von_Meyer,_1832-2] von Meyer H. (1832). Palaeologica zur Geschichte der Erde und ihrer Geschöpfe. Frankfurt am Main: Siegmund Schmerber, 560.

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