Eoneustes
Name: Eoneustes
(Dawn swimmer).
Phonetic: E-oh-nu-steez.
Named By: Mark T. Young, Stephen L. Brusatte,
Marcello Ruta & Marco Brandalise de Andrade - 2010.
Synonyms: Metriorhynchus bathonicus,
Teleidosaurus bathonicus, Teleidosaurus gaudryi.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia, Metriorhynchoidea.
Species: E. gaudryi
(type), E. bathonicus.
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: France.
Time period: Bajocian to Bathonian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial skull remains.
Eoneustes is a primitive genus of thalattosuchian marine crocodile that lived in European sea waters during the mid Jurassic. The Eoneustes genus was established from two former species of Teleidosaurus, T. bathonicus and T. gaudryi. Eoneustes along with Teleidosaurus were once thought to represent the oldest marine crocodiles until the 2015 naming of Zoneait.
Further reading
- 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.
- Mark T. Young, Stephen L. Brusatte, Marcello Ruta
& Marco Brandalise de Andrade - 2010.
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