Metriorhynchoidea

{{Short description|Extinct superfamily of reptiles}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Metriorhynchoids

| fossil_range = Early Jurassic-Early Cretaceous, {{fossil_range|Toarcian|Aptian}}

| image = Teleidosaurus_BW.jpg

| image_caption = Restoration of Teleidosaurus calvadosii

| taxon = Metriorhynchoidea

| authority = Fitzinger, 1843

| subdivision_ranks = Subgroups

| subdivision = *{{extinct}}Eoneustes

• {{extinct}}Magyarosuchus
• {{extinct}}Opisuchus
• {{extinct}}Pelagosaurus?
• {{extinct}}Teleidosaurus
• {{extinct}}Euthalattosuchia{{cite journal |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad165 |title=The history, systematics, and nomenclature of Thalattosuchia (Archosauria: Crocodylomorpha) |date=2024 |last1=Young |first1=Mark T. |last2=Wilberg |first2=Eric W. |last3=Johnson |first3=Michela M. |last4=Herrera |first4=Yanina |last5=De Andrade |first5=Marco Brandalise |last6=Brignon |first6=Arnaud |last7=Sachs |first7=Sven |last8=Abel |first8=Pascal |last9=Foffa |first9=Davide |last10=Fernández |first10=Marta S. |last11=Vignaud |first11=Patrick |last12=Cowgill |first12=Thomas |last13=Brusatte |first13=Stephen L. |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=200 |issue=2 |pages=547–617 |doi-access=free }}
• {{extinct}}Zoneait
• {{extinct}}Metriorhynchidae

}}

Metriorhynchoidea is an extinct superfamily of thalattosuchian crocodyliforms from the Early Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous (Toarcian{{cite journal |author1=Attila Ősi |author2=Mark T. Young |author3=András Galácz |author4=Márton Rabi |year=2018 |title=A new large-bodied thalattosuchian crocodyliform from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) of Hungary, with further evidence of the mosaic acquisition of marine adaptations in Metriorhynchoidea |journal=PeerJ |volume=6 |pages=e4668 |doi=10.7717/peerj.4668 |pmid=29761038 |pmc=5949208 |doi-access=free }} - Valanginian, possibly as late as early Aptian{{cite journal|author=Alfio A. Chiarenza |author2=Davide Foffa |author3=Mark T. Young |author4=Gianni Insacco |author5=Andrea Cau |author6=Giorgio Carnevale |author7=Rita Catanzariti |year=2015 |title=The youngest record of metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs, with implications for the extinction of Thalattosuchia |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=56 |pages=608–616 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.07.001 |bibcode=2015CrRes..56..608C |hdl=2318/1537833 |hdl-access=free }}) of Europe, North America and South America. Metriorhynchids are fully aquatic crocodyliforms.{{cite journal |year=2011 |title=The oldest known metriorhynchid crocodylian from the Middle Jurassic of North-eastern Italy: Neptunidraco ammoniticus gen. et sp. nov |journal=Gondwana Research |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=550–565 |doi=10.1016/j.gr.2010.07.007|author1=Andrea Cau |author2=Federico Fanti |bibcode=2011GondR..19..550C }}{{cite journal |year=2010 |title=The evolution of Metriorhynchoidea (Mesoeucrocodylia, Thalattosuchia): an integrated approach using geometrics morphometrics, analysis of disparity and biomechanics |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |issue=4 |volume=158 |pages=801–859 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00571.x|author1=Mark T. Young |author2=Stephen L. Brusatte |author3=Marcello Ruta |author4=Marco Brandalise de Andrade |doi-access= }} Named by Fitzinger, in 1843, it contains the basal taxa like Teleidosaurus, Zoneait and Eoneustes and the family Metriorhynchidae. An unnamed taxon is known from Chile.{{cite journal |year=2009 |title=What is Geosaurus? Redescription of Geosaurus giganteus (Thalattosuchia: Metriorhynchidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Bayern, Germany |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=157 |issue=3 |pages=551–585 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00536.x|author1=Mark T. Young |author2=Marco Brandalise de Andrade |name-list-style=amp |doi-access=free }}