Eoneustes

Eoneustes (meaning "dawn swimmer") is an extinct genus of metriorhynchoid crocodyliform from Middle Jurassic (late Bajocian to early Bathonian stage) deposits of France. Eoneustes was a carnivore that lived in the oceans and spent much, if not all, its life out at sea.^[1]

Eoneustes Temporal range: Bajocian - Bathonian, 168.5–167 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Suborder:	†Thalattosuchia
Superfamily:	†Metriorhynchoidea
Genus:	†Eoneustes Young et al., 2010
Species
E. bathonicus (Mercier, 1933 [originally Metriorhynchus]) E. gaudryi (Collot, 1905 [originally Teleidosaurus]) (type)

Discovery and species

• E. bathonicus:^[2] Western Europe (France) of the Middle Jurassic (early Bathonian). It is known from holotype from Calvados of Normandy, that was lost during the Second World War.^[3]
• E. gaudryi:^[4] Western Europe (France) of the Middle Jurassic (late Bajocian to early Bathonian). It is known from the holotype NHM R.3353, a partial skull from Côte d’Or, Burgundy and the referred specimen from which housed at Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, F.S.L. 330210, another partial skull from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France.^[3]