Metriorhynchus
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metriorhynchus-180-14916990
title:
Metriorhynchus
text:
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").
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Extinct genus of reptiles
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metriorhynchus
date created:
2006-05-24T23:38:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T01:42:02Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Metriorhynchus_brevirostris.jpg","width":1313,"height":1178}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16