Genus
Valid Extinct

Lindwurmia

Vincent and Storrs 2019

Lindwurmia is a rhomaleosaurid plesiosaur from the Early Jurassic of Germany. It contains a single species, Lindwurmia thiuda. It was a small plesiosaur, measuring 2 to 3 m long.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
Lindwurmia
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Lindwurmia Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
1
Temporal distribution
Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Lindwurmia thiuda 201 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
P. Vincent and G. W. Storrs. 2019. Lindwurmia, a new genus of Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the earliest Jurassic of Halberstadt, northwest Germany. The Science of Nature 106(5) DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
P. Vincent and G. W. Storrs. 2019. Lindwurmia, a new genus of Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the earliest Jurassic of Halberstadt, northwest Germany. The Science of Nature 106(5) DOI ↗