Woodward Original Early Drawing of a Metriorhynchus

WOODWARD, Alice B. (1862–1951).
Metriorhynchus.
Original Illustration in pen, ink and grey wash, heightened in white.
c.1905-1912.
7 1/2" x 10 5/8" sheet.

Original artwork for Henry R. Knipe's "Evolution in the Past". Illustrated on page 94.

Remains found in the Oxford Clay of Peterborough and the Kimmeridge Clay of Normandy, Length About 9 Feet.

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 paleontologist Christian von Meyer in 1832. The name Metriorhynchus means "Moderate snout", and is derived from the Greek Metrio- ("moderate") and -rhynchos ("snout").