Eretmosaurus

Eretmosaurus
Temporal range: Early - Middle Jurassic,
Neotype specimen of E. rugosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Family: Microcleididae
Genus: Eretmosaurus
Seeley, 1874
Type species
Eretmosaurus rugosus
Seeley, 1874
Other species
Synonyms

Eretmosaurus (meaning "oar lizard") is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Early and Middle Jurassic of England and Russia.[1][2] Two species are known: E. rugosus and E. dubius.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Brown94 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Menner, V. V. (1992). "Remains of Plesiosaurs from Middle Jurassic Deposits of Eastern Siberia". Russian Academy of Sciences, Department of Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry and Mining Sciences, Order of the Red Manner of Labour Geological Institute: 74–91.

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