Neustosaurus

Neustosaurus
Temporal range: Valanginian
Neustosaurus gigondarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Suborder: Thalattosuchia
Family: Metriorhynchidae
Genus: Neustosaurus
Raspail, 1842
Species:
N. gigondarum
Binomial name
Neustosaurus gigondarum
Raspail, 1842

Neustosaurus is a dubious genus of marine crocodyliform from the Early Cretaceous. Neustosaurus was a carnivore that spent much, if not all, its life out at sea. No Neustosaurus eggs or nest have been discovered, so little is known of the reptile's lifecycle, unlike other large marine reptiles of the Mesozoic, such as plesiosaurs or ichthyosaurs which are known to have given birth to live young out at sea. Where Neustosaurus mated, whether on land or at sea, is currently unknown. The name Neustosaurus means "Swimming lizard", and is derived from the Greek Neustos- ("swimming") and σαῦρος -sauros ("lizard").