- fluke. Like
ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs,
metriorhynchids developed smooth,
scaleless skin.
Metriorhynchids were the only
group of
archosaurs to become...
-
suffix "-etes" to mean "dweller", a
reference to the
marine habits of
metriorhynchids. The
species name "schroederi"
honours the
initial work
conducted on...
- more
basal metriorhynchids.
Because of this, the
species was seen as a
transitional form
between long-snouted,
piscivorous metriorhynchids and hypercarnivorous...
-
their maneuvering. The fins on the
tails of cetaceans, ichthyosaurs,
metriorhynchids,
mosasaurs and
plesiosaurs are
called flukes. Foil
shaped fins generate...
-
Metriorhynchus also have
these well-developed salt glands.
Several species of
metriorhynchids are
known from the Mörnsheim
Formation (Solnhofen limestone, early...
- late as
early Aptian) of Europe,
North America and
South America.
Metriorhynchids are
fully aquatic crocodyliforms.
Named by Fitzinger, in 1843, it contains...
-
lumped into the genus.
After performing a
phylogenetic analysis of
metriorhynchids, they
found that many
species were
grouped in a
paraphyletic manner...
-
metriorhynchids known from the Mörnsheim
Formation (Solnhofen limestone,
early Tithonian) of Bavaria, Germany.
Alongside three other metriorhynchid species...
- (modern sea
turtles and
extinct ichthyosaurs, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs,
metriorhynchids), and
flightless aquatic birds such as penguins. Hyperphalangy, or...
- (Steneosaurus heberti) and
metriorhynchids, coelacanths, a huge suspension-feeding fish
Leedsichthys and dinosaurs. A 2.5 m-long
metriorhynchid skeleton, ****igned...
