Eoneustes

Eoneustes
Temporal range: Bajocian - Bathonian, 168.5–167 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: 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

References

  1. Mark T. Young and Marco Brandalise de Andrade (2009). "What is Geosaurus? Redescription of Geosaurus giganteus (Thalattosuchia: Metriorhynchidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Bayern, Germany". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157 (3): 551–585. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00536.x.
  2. Mercier J. 1933. Contribution l’étude des Métriorhynchidés (crocodiliens). Annales de Paléontologie 22: 99-119.
  3. 1 2 Mark T. Young, Stephen L. Brusatte, Marcello Ruta and Marco Brandalise de Andrade (2010). "The evolution of Metriorhynchoidea (Mesoeucrocodylia, Thalattosuchia): an integrated approach using geometrics morphometrics, analysis of disparity and biomechanics". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158 (4): 801–859. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00571.x.
  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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