Geosaurus carpenteri, (WILKINSON ET AL., 2008) YOUNG & ANDRADE, 2009

Young, Mark T., Brusatte, Stephen L., Ruta, Marcello & Andrade, Marco Brandalise De, 2010, The evolution of Metriorhynchoidea (mesoeucrocodylia, thalattosuchia): an integrated approach using geometric morphometrics, analysis of disparity, and biomechanics, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 158 (4), pp. 801-859 : 856-857

GEOSAURUS CARPENTERI (WILKINSON ET AL., 2008) YOUNG & ANDRADE, 2009

1996 Metriorhynchus superciliosus ; Blainville, 1853 (sensu Grange & Benton)

2006 Metriorhynchus carpenteri manuscript name; Young

2008 Dakosaurus carpenteri sp. nov.; Wilkinson et al.

2009 Geosaurus carpenteri comb. nov.; Young & Andrade

Holotype: BRSMG Ce17365, incomplete skull.

Type locality: Westbury, Wiltshire, England (lower Kimmeridge Clay Formation).

Etymology: ‘Carpenter’s earth lizard’. Named in honour of its discoverer, Simon Carpenter.

Geological range: Upper Kimmeridgian (mutabilis– eudoxus ammonite zones).

Geographical range: Wiltshire, England.

Referred specimens: BRSMG Cd 7203: isolated postcranial remains (see Wilkinson et al., 2008).