中喙鱷屬(學名:Metriorhynchus)意為「中等的口鼻部」,是種肉食性海生鱷類,生活於侏羅紀中期至晚期。中喙鱷是在1830年由德國古生物學家克莉斯汀·艾瑞克·赫爾曼·汪邁爾(Erich Hermann von Meyer)命名[1],是中喙鱷科的模式屬。中喙鱷的蛋或巢穴尚未被發現,所以對牠們的生態了解,比不上魚龍類與蛇頸龍類這些海洋爬蟲類,直到現在,古生物學家甚至對於牠們到底是在海裡還是在陸地上交配也還是無法確定。
中喙鱷曾經出現在BBC的電視節目系列《海底霸王》(Sea Monsters)的侏儸紀單元中,片中的中喙鱷和一隻弓鮫尾隨一群利茲魚並對其中虛弱的個體下手掠食。在電影《冰原歷險記2》(Ice Age: The Meltdown)也有出場。
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