Nuthetes was a carnivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Europe. Its fossils have been found in places such as England (United Kingdom) and Gironde (France).
Quick facts about Nuthetes:
- Existed from 145 million years ago to 139.8 million years ago
- Lived in a freshwater
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 6 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Nuthetes was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- J.-M. Mazin and J.-P. Billon-Bruyat. 2002. Le gisement paléontologique de Cherves-de-Cognac [The paleontological locality of Cherves-de-Cognac]. Pour La Science 293:30-31
- P. C. Ensom. 1988. Excavations at Sunnydown Farm, Langton Matravers, Dorset: amphibians discovered in the Purbeck Limestone Formation. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 109:148-150
- R. Owen. 1854. On some fossil reptilian and mammalian remains from the Purbecks. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 10:420-433
