Gracilineustes acutus Lennier 1887 (marine crocodile)

Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae

Alternative combination: Metriorhynchus acutus

Belongs to Gracilineustes according to J. Parrilla-Bel and J. I. Canudo 2015

See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Young et al. 2010 and Young et al. 2013

Sister taxon: Gracilineustes leedsi

Type specimen: LOST specimen, a skull. Its type locality is Calvados, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine horizon in France.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Calvados

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