Pleurosauridae
Pleurosaurids Temporal range: Early Jurassic - Late Jurassic, 183–150.8 Ma | |
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Life restoration of Pleurosaurus goldfussi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Rhynchocephalia |
Suborder: | Sphenodontia |
Family: | †Pleurosauridae Lydekker, 1888 |
Genera | |
Pleurosauridae is a family of extinct marine diapsid reptiles belonging to the group Sphenodontia. Fossils from this family have been discovered in Bavaria, Germany from the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) and Tithonian (Late Jurassic).[1]
References
- ↑ Dupret, V. (2004). The pleurosaurs: anatomy and phylogeny. Revue de Paléobiologie, 9: 61-80.
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