Gracilineustes leedsi
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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 |
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Gracilineustes Young et al., 2010 |
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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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