Calvados (Jurassic of France)

Also known as Gracilineustes acutus type locality

Where: Lower Normandy, France (49.9° N, 0.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.6° N, 9.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: cymodoce ammonoid zone, Early/Lower Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. T. Young, S. L. Brusatte, M. Ruta and M. B. Andrade. 2010. The evolution of Metriorhynchoidea (Mesoeucrocodylia, Thalattosuchia): an integrated approach using geometric morphometrics, analysis of disparity, and biomechanics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158(4):801-859 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Young]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153672: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 07.01.2014

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Gracilineustes acutus n. sp. Lennier 1887 marine crocodile
Holotype destroyed in WWII
 Loricata -
"Eoneustes bathonicus n. sp." = Teleidosaurus bathonicus
"Eoneustes bathonicus n. sp." = Teleidosaurus bathonicus Mercier 1933 marine crocodile