Neustosaurus gigondarum Raspail 1842 (marine crocodile)

Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae

Alternative combination: Geosaurus gigondarum

Full reference: E. Raspail. 1842. Observations sur un nouveau genre de saurien fossile, le Neustosaurus gigondarum

Belongs to Neustosaurus according to M. T. Young and M. B. Andrade 2009

See also Piveteau 1928 and Raspail 1842

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gigondas, which is in a Valanginian marine claystone in France

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gigondas

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