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Clade
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Taxon
Taxon
Metriorhynchidae
Nominal Author
Fitzinger 1843
2nd Nominal Author
Taxon Status ACTIVE
Comments
Metriorhynchidae is defined here to identify a clade of long-snouted forms excluding teleosaurids and other long-snoted crocodyliforms. Metriorhynchidae is probably most closely related to teleosaurid thalattoscuhians (Clark 1994). The active definition is stem-based including thalattosuchians more closely related to Metriorhynchus geoffroyi than to Telosaurus cadomensis.
Potential Synonomy

Active Phylogenetic Definition
Active Definition
The most inclusive clade containing Metriorhynchus geoffroyi Meyer 1832 but not Teleosaurus cadomensis (Lamouroux 1820), Crocodylus niloticus (Laurenti 1768).
Shorthand
> Metriorhynchus geoffroyi but not Telosaurus cadomensis, Crocodylus niloticus.
Definitional Author
Sereno 2005
Definition Status ORIGINAL
Definition Type STEM
Node-Stem Triplet NO
Other Triplet Taxa
Specifiers
Specifier(s) A
Metriorhynchus geoffroyi
Specifier(s) B
Specifier(s) C
Telosaurus cadomensis, Crocodylus niloticus
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2005

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