Eoneustes

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Eoneustes
Temporal range: Bajocian - Bathonian, 168.5–167 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Suborder: Thalattosuchia
Superfamily: Metriorhynchoidea
Genus: Eoneustes
Young et al., 2010
Species

Eoneustes (meaning "dawn swimmer") is an extinct genus of metriorhynchoid crocodyliform from Middle Jurassic (late Bajocian to early Bathonian stage) deposits of France. Eoneustes was a carnivore that lived in the oceans and spent much, if not all, its life out at sea.[1]

Discovery and species

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  • E. bathonicus:[2] Western Europe (France) of the Middle Jurassic (early Bathonian). It is known from holotype from Calvados of Normandy, that was lost during the Second World War.[3]
  • E. gaudryi:[4] Western Europe (France) of the Middle Jurassic (late Bajocian to early Bathonian). It is known from the holotype NHM R.3353, a partial skull from Côte d’Or, Burgundy and the referred specimen from which housed at Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, F.S.L. 330210, another partial skull from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France.[3]

References

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  2. ^ Mercier J. 1933. Contribution l’étude des Métriorhynchidés (crocodiliens). Annales de Paléontologie 22: 99-119.
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  4. ^ Collot L. 1905. Reptile jurassique (Teleidosaurus gaudryi) trouvé à St-Seine-l'Abbaye (Côte-d'Or). Memoire Acad. Sci. Arts et Belles-Lettres 10: 41-45.

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