Gracilineustes

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Gracilineustes is an extinct genus of marine crocodyliform that lived in the oceans during the Middle to Late Jurassic. Gracilineustes was a carnivore that spent much, if not all, its life out at sea. It was a small reptile, with G. leedsi measuring 2.25 - 3.11 m long and G. acutus measuring 3.77 m long.

Discovery and species

Fossil specimens referrable to Gracilineustes are known from Middle-Late Jurassic deposits of England and France.

Valid species

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