Metriorrhynchus littoreus, Young & Brusatte & Ruta & Andrade, 2010

Young, Mark T., Brusatte, Stephen L., Ruta, Marcello & Andrade, Marco Brandalise De, 2010, The evolution of Metriorhynchoidea (mesoeucrocodylia, thalattosuchia): an integrated approach using geometric morphometrics, analysis of disparity, and biomechanics, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 158 (4), pp. 801-859 : 848

METRIORHYNCHUS LITTOREUS SAUVAGE, 1874

1874 Metriorrhynchus littoreus sp. nov. [sic]; Sauvage

Holotype: MHNB 58 , fragment of rostrum, cervical and dorsal vertebrae.

Type locality: Boulogne-sur-Mer, Nord-Pas de Calais, France (lower Kimmeridge Clay Formation).

Geological range: Upper Kimmeridgian (austissiodorensis ammonite zone).

Note: Although based upon a fragmentary rostrum, and cervical and dorsal vertebrae from Boulogne-sur- Mer of the upper Kimmeridgian, an occipital and posterior cranial fragment has been found from the same locality that is clearly referable to Metriorhynchus ( SMNS 56999). However, whether this taxon is distinct from M. geoffroyii cannot be currently determined.