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Gracilineustes

Gracilineustes
Temporal range: 167–155 Ma
Callovian - Kimmeridgian
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Holotype of G. leedsi, NHMUK PV R3540
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
(unranked): Mesoeucrocodylia
Suborder: Thalattosuchia
Family: Metriorhynchidae
Genus: Gracilineustes
Young et al., 2010
Species
  • G. acutus Lennier, 1887
  • G. leedsi (Andrews, 1913) (type)

Gracilineustes is an extinct genus of marine crocodyliform that lived in the oceans during the Middle to Late Jurassic. Gracilineustes was a carnivore that spent much, if not all, its life out at sea.

Fossil specimens referrable to Gracilineustes are known from Middle-Late Jurassic deposits of England and France.


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