Genus: Metriorhynchus MEYER, 1832
Etymology: Greek, metrio, "medium/moderate," - rhynchus Latinized form of Ancient Greek, -rhynchos, "snout."
= Metriorrhynchus SAUVAGE, 1874 (sic)
= Metiorychus PICTET, 1845 (sic)

Species: brevirostris (HOLL, 1829) YOUNG, BRIGNON, SACHS, HORNUNG, FOFFA, KITSON, JONHSON & STEEL, 2020
Etymology: Latin, brevis, "short" and Latin, rostrum, "snout."
= Stenosaurus brevirostris HOLL, 1829
= Streptospondylus geoffroyi MEYER, 1832
= Steneosaurus rostro-minor GEOFFORY, 1825
= Gavialis jurinii GRAY, 1831

Lectotype: MNHG V-2232

Plastotypes: MCGL 9868, OXFUM unnumbered.

Locality: Le Havre, Department de Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

Horizon:

Biostatigraphy:

Age: Kimmeridgian Stage, Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material: Partial cranial rostrum.

Referred material:

HULKE, 1869

Locality: Kimmeridge, Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon: Kimmeridge Clay.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Kimmeridgian Stage, Middle Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: Upper and lower jaws, portions of vertebrae and ribs, a femur and some other bones.

 


= cf. geoffroyi BENTON & SPENCER, 1995

Locality: Shipton-on-Cherwell Quarry, North-West Corner, (SP 475178), Oxfordshire County, England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Upper Bathonian Stage, Middle Dogger Epoch, Middle Jurassic.

Material:

OUM J1418:

= Stenosaurus brevirostris OWEN, 1842
Etymology:
= Steneosaurus rostro-minor SAINT-HILAIRE, 1825 (partim)

Holotype:

Locality: England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon: Oolite, Great or Middle.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Jurassic.

Material: Skull.

Referred material:

= Steneosaurus aff brevirostris KARL, GRÖNING, BRAUCKMANN & KNÖTSCHKE, 2009, KARL, GRÖNING, BRAUCKMANN, SCHWARZ & KNÖTSCHIKE, 2010

Locality: Langenberg Quarry, a working quarry of the "Rohstoffbetriebe Oker GmbH and Co." for cement and road gravel, southern slope of the Langenberg, 5 km east of Goslar near the Harz Mountians, Oker, near Goslar, Lower Saschen (Saxony) State, Germany.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Kimmeridgian Stage, Middle Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material:

DFMMH FV 272-275, 281, 327(9.3.2001), 330, 334, 335, 392, 474, 611, 615 (1999), 616, 618, 619, 621, 622: Teeth.

DFMMH FV 353: Neural arch.

DFMMH FV 510: Neural arch of a caudal vertebra.

DFMMH FV 870: Fragment of rostrum.

DFMMH FV 878: Fragment of lower jaw.

MG 865: Trunk vertebra.

 

= Leptocranius longirostris BRONN, 1837
Etymology:

Holotype:

Locality:

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age:

Material:

Referred material:

SELENKA, 1866-1869

Locality: Bogentheil, Germany.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Kimmeridgian Stage, Middle Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: 2 dorsal vertebrae, 2 sacral and 1 caudal vertebrae.

= Steneosaurus palpebrosus PHILLIPS, 1871
= Metriorhynchus palpebrosus (PHILLIPS, 1871) WOODWARD, 1885
= Metriorhynchus palpebrosum (PHILLIPS, 1871) unjust. Emend WOODWARD, & SHERBRON, 1890
Etymology:

Holotype: OXFUM (OUM) J.29823

Locality: Shotover Hill, Oxfordshire County, England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Kimmeridgian Stage, Middle Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material: Skull and incomplete lower jaw.

Referred material:

OXFUM J.55476-8: Vertebrae, girdle elements and limb bones.

OXFUM J.55479: Incomplete skull.