Genus
Valid Extinct

Eretmosaurus

Seeley 1874

Eretmosaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Early and Middle Jurassic of England and Russia. Two species are known: E. rugosus and E. dubius.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
Eretmosaurus
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Fossil of Eretmosaurus, an extinct reptile-- Took the photo at Natural History Museum, London © Ghedoghedo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Eretmosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1
Temporal distribution
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
1
Species (2)
Eretmosaurus dubius
Eretmosaurus rugosus 200 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
H. G. Seeley. 1874. Note on some generic modifications of the plesiosaurian pectoral arch. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 30:436-449 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
R. Owen. 1840. Report on British fossil reptiles. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 8:43-126