Gracilineustes acutus, (LENNIER, 1887), 2010

Young, Mark T., Brusatte, Stephen L., Ruta, Marcello & Andrade, Marco Brandalise De, 2010, The evolution of Metriorhynchoidea (mesoeucrocodylia, thalattosuchia): an integrated approach using geometric morphometrics, analysis of disparity, and biomechanics, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 158 (4), pp. 801-859 : 850

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00571.x
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scientific name	Gracilineustes acutus
status	comb. nov.

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GRACILINEUSTES ACUTUS (LENNIER, 1887) COMB. NOV.

1887 Metriorhynchus acutus sp. nov.; Lennier

Holotype: Destroyed/lost during the Second War World (complete skull).

Type locality: Calvados, Normandy, France.

Etymology: ‘Sharp-pointed gracile swimmer’, because the holotype skull had a very thin snout that gave it a ‘sharper’ appearance.

Geological range: Lower Kimmeridgian (cymodoce ammonite zone).

Geographical range: Normandy, France.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Crocodylia
Family	Metriorhynchidae
Genus	Gracilineustes

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