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Eoneustes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Reptilia

Superfamily
  
†Metriorhynchoidea

Phylum
  
Chordata

Suborder
  
†Thalattosuchia

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Gracilineustes, Teleidosaurus, Platysuchus, Suchodus, Purranisaurus

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.

Discovery and species

  • E. bathonicus: Western Europe (France) of the Middle Jurassic (early Bathonian). It is known from holotype from Calvados of Normandy, that lost during the Second World War.
  • E. gaudryi: 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.

    • References

    Eoneustes Wikipedia
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