Gracilineustes
Sign in to saveleft|thumb|Holotype of G. leedsi, NHMUK PV R3540 thumb 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. It was a small reptile, with G. leedsi measuring long and G. acutus measuring long. thumb|Skull and limb of G. leedsi ==Discovery and species== Fossil specimens referrable to Gracilineustes are known from Middle-Late Jurassic deposits of England and France.
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- Parent taxon
- Metriorhynchidae
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- Gracilineustes.png
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- taxon name
- Gracilineustes
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- genus
- Commons category
- Gracilineustes
- start time
- 167000000-
- end time
- 155000000-
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left|thumb|Holotype of G. leedsi, NHMUK PV R3540 thumb 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. It was a small reptile, with G. leedsi measuring long and G. acutus measuring long. thumb|Skull and limb of G. leedsi ==Discovery and species== Fossil specimens referrable to Gracilineustes are known from Middle-Late Jurassic deposits of England and France.
===Valid species=== G. leedsi: Western Europe (England) of the Middle Jurassic (Callovian); Metriorhynchus laeve is a junior synonym. G. acutus: Western Europe (France) of the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)
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