Eoneustes

E-oh-nu-steez.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Eoneustes ‭(‬Dawn swimmer‭)‬.

Phonetic

E-oh-nu-steez.

Named By

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Crocodylomorpha,‭ ‬Thalattosuchia,‭ ‬Metriorhynchoidea.

Diet

Carnivore/Piscivore.

Species

E.‭ ‬gaudryi‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

France.

Time Period

Bajocian‭ ‬to Bathonian of the Jurassic.

Fossil representation

Partial skull remains.

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 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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