Plesiopterys

Plesiopterys is an extinct genus of plesiosaur native to Germany.[1]

Plesiopterys
Temporal range: Early Jurassic,
183–182 Ma
Skeletal reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Family: Cryptoclididae
Genus: Plesiopterys
O'Keefe, 2004
Type species
Plesiopterys wildi
O'Keefe, 2004

See also

References

  1. Benson, R. B. J.; Evans, M.; Druckenmiller, P. S. (2012). Lalueza-Fox, Carles (ed.). "High Diversity, Low Disparity and Small Body Size in Plesiosaurs (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Triassic–Jurassic Boundary". PLoS ONE. 7 (3): e31838. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031838. PMC 3306369. PMID 22438869.


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