In Depth 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 … Read more
In Depth Teleidosaurus is a genus of primitive form thalatosuchian marine crocodile. Originally named as a species of Teleosaurus, Teleidosaurus was established as a distinct genus in 1869, and was considered to possibly be one of the oldest marine crocodiles until 2015 when the genus Zoneait was named. As a metriorhynchoid, Teleidosaurus would have been … Read more
In Depth Named in 2015, Zoneait was an important discovery for those interested in marine crocodiles. Zoneait represents a transitional genus and possible sister taxon of the Metriorhynchidae, the group that features many famous genera of marine crocodiles such as Metriorhynchus and Geosaurus. In addition to this the Zoneait holotype fossils were found in fossil … Read more