Genus
Valid Extinct

Futabasaurus

Sato et al. 2006

Futabasaurus is a genus of plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Fukushima, Japan. It was described and named in 2006, and was assigned to the family Elasmosauridae. The genus contains one species, F. suzukii.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
Futabasaurus
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Plesiosauroidea Superfamily
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Elasmosauridae Family
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Weddellonectia Unranked clade
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Futabasaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇯🇵 Japan
1
Geological formations
Tamayama
1
Temporal distribution
Santonian (85.7–83.6 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Futabasaurus suzukii 86 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
T. Sato, Y. Hasegawa, and M. Manabe. 2006. A new elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Fukushima, Japan. Palaeontology 49(3):467-484 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
T. Sato, Y. Hasegawa, and M. Manabe. 2006. A new elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Fukushima, Japan. Palaeontology 49(3):467-484 DOI ↗