Species
Valid Extinct

Styxosaurus browni

Welles 1952

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
Plesiosauria Order
Plesiosauroidea Superfamily
Elasmosauridae Family
Euelasmosaurida Unranked clade
Elasmosaurinae Unranked clade
Styxosaurus Genus
Styxosaurus browni Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
2
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
K. Carpenter. 1999. Revision of North American elasmosaurs from the Cretaceous of the Western Interior. Paludicola 2(2):148-173
Bibliography (2)
K. Carpenter. 1999. Revision of North American elasmosaurs from the Cretaceous of the Western Interior. Paludicola 2(2):148-173
J. E. Martin and L. E. Kennedy. 1988. A plesiosaur with stomach contents from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) Pierre Shale of South Dakota: a prelimiinary report. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Sciences 67:76-79