Eromangasaurus

Kear 2005

Eromangasaurus is an extinct genus of elasmosaurid known from northern Queensland of Australia.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

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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Elasmosauridae Family

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Eromangasaurus Genus

Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇦🇺 Australia

Geological formations

Toolebuc

Temporal distribution

Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)

Species (2)

Eromangasaurus australis 106 Ma

Eromangasaurus carinognathus 106 Ma

Images 2

Bibliography

Original description

B. P. Kear. 2007. Taxonomic clarification of the Australian elasmosaurid genus Eromangasaurus, with reference to other austral elasmosaur taxa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1):241-246 DOI ↗

Bibliography (2)

B. P. Kear. 2005. A new elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(4):792-805 DOI ↗

S. Sachs. 2005. Tuarangisaurus australis sp. nov. (Plesiosauria: Elasmosauridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Northeastern Queensland, with additional notes on the phylogeny of the Elasmosauridae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 50(2):425-440