Species
Valid Extinct

Pantosaurus striatus

(Marsh 1891)

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Plesiosauroidea Superfamily
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Cryptoclididae Family
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Pantosaurus Genus
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Pantosaurus striatus Species
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
6
Geological formations
Sundance
6
Temporal distribution
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
6
Synonyms (1)
Muraenosaurus reedii subjective synonym of Pantosaurus striatus
Bibliography
Original description
O. C. Marsh. 1891. Geological horizons as determined by vertebrate fossils. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 42:336-338 DOI ↗
Bibliography (4)
B. C. Wilhelm and F. R. O'Keefe. 2010. A new partial skeleton of a cryptocleidoid plesiosaur from the Upper Jurassic Sundance Formation of Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(6):1736-1742 DOI ↗
F. R. O'Keefe, H. P. Street, and J. P. Cavigelli, J. J. Socha, R. D. O.'Keefe. 2009. A plesiosaur containing an ichthyosaur embryo as stomach contents from the Sundance Formation of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(4):1306-1310 DOI ↗
F. R. O'Keefe and W. Wahl, Jr. 2003. Current taxonomic status of the plesiosaur Pantosaurus striatus from the Upper Jurassic Sundance Formation, Wyoming. Paludicola 4(2):37-46
F. R. O'Keefe and W. Wahl. 2003. Current taxonomic status of the plesiosaur Pantosaurus striatus from the Upper Jurassic Sundance Formation, Wyoming. Paludicola 4(2):37-46