Species
Valid Extinct

Umoonasaurus demoscyllus

Kear et al. 2006

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
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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Leptocleidia Unranked clade
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Leptocleididae Family
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Umoonasaurus Genus
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Umoonasaurus demoscyllus Species
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇺 Australia
4
Geological formations
Bulldog Shale
4
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
3
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
B. P. Kear, N. I. Schroeder, and M. S. Y. Lee. 2006. An archaic crested plesiosaur in opal from the Lower Cretaceous high-latitude deposits of Australia. Biology Letters 2:615-619 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
B. P. Kear, N. I. Schroeder, and M. S. Y. Lee. 2006. An archaic crested plesiosaur in opal from the Lower Cretaceous high-latitude deposits of Australia. Biology Letters 2:615-619 DOI ↗