| Rhacheosaurus Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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| Fossil specimen at the Field Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Suborder: | †Thalattosuchia |
| Family: | †Metriorhynchidae |
| Tribe: | †Rhacheosaurini |
| Genus: | †Rhacheosaurus Meyer, 1831 |
| Species: | †R. gracilis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Rhacheosaurus gracilis von Meyer, 1831
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Rhacheosaurus is an extinct genus of marine crocodyliform belonging to the family Metriorhynchidae. The genus was established by Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer in 1831 for skeletal remains from the Tithonian (Late Jurassic) of Germany.[1] It was a relatively small reptile, measuring between 1.39 and 1.57 m (4.6 and 5.2 ft) long.[2]
- ^ Meyer, H von 1831. Neue fossile Reptilien aus der Ordung der Saurier Nova Acta Academiae Leopoldino-Carolinae Curios 15 (2): 173-184.
- ^ Young, M.T.; Bell, M.A.; de Andrade, M.B.; Brusatte, S.L. (2011). "Body size estimation and evolution in metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs: implications for species diversification and niche partitioning". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163 (4): 1199–1216. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00734.x.