Metriorhynchus
| Metriorhynchus Temporal range: Kimmeridgian, | |
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| 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 |
| Suborder: | †Thalattosuchia |
| Family: | †Metriorhynchidae |
| Genus: | †Metriorhynchus von Meyer, 1832 |
| Species: | †M. brevirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| †Metriorhynchus brevirostris (Holl, 1828) vide Young et al., 2020 | |
| Synonyms | |
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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. The name Metriorhynchus means "moderate snout", and is derived from the Greek Metrio- ("moderate") and -rhynchos ("snout").