Genus
Valid Extinct

Pararcus

Klein and Scheyer 2014

Pararcus is an extinct genus of placodont marine reptile from the Middle Triassic of the Netherlands. The genus is monotypic and the type species is Pararcus diepenbroeki. Pararcus is known from a holotype skeleton about 1.35 metres (4.4 ft) long from the Lower Muschelkalk of Winterswijk.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Marine
Pararcus
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Outline and overview of the connected slabs TWE 480000454-A, -B, -D, -E, and -M. TWE 480000454-A shows a single plate-like girdle bone (is). TWE 480000454-B contains disarticulated vertebrae from the posterior presacral and sacral region (c1-11, na1-3), fragments of dorsal ribs (dr1, dr2), elements of gastral ribs (unlabelled), the second ischium (is), the round, plate-like pubis (pu), and three bones, most likely representing sacral- or caudal ribs (?cr1-3). TWE 480000454-D, -E, and -M mainly contain dorsal ribs (dr3-9) and elements of gastral ribs as well as two more isolated halves of neural arches (na4, na5), and a caudal rib (cr1). © Nicole Klein and Torsten M. Scheyer · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Placodontia Order
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Pararcus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇳🇱 Netherlands
1
Geological formations
Vossenveld
1
Temporal distribution
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Pararcus diepenbroeki 247 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
N. Klein and T. Scheyer. 2014. A new placodont sauropterygian from the Middle Triassic of the Netherlands. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
N. Klein and T. Scheyer. 2014. A new placodont sauropterygian from the Middle Triassic of the Netherlands. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica DOI ↗