Species
Valid Extinct

Plesiopharos moelensis

Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2021

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
Plesiosauria Order
Plesiosauroidea Superfamily
Plesiopharos Genus
Plesiopharos moelensis Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇵🇹 Portugal
1
Temporal distribution
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
E. Puértolas-Pascual, M. Marx, and O. Mateus, A. Saleiro, A. E. Fernandes, J. Marinheiro, C. Tomás, S. Mateus. 2021. A new plesiosaur from the Lower Jurassic of Portugal and the early radiation of Plesiosauroidea. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66(2):369-388 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
E. Puértolas-Pascual, M. Marx, and O. Mateus, A. Saleiro, A. E. Fernandes, J. Marinheiro, C. Tomás, S. Mateus. 2021. A new plesiosaur from the Lower Jurassic of Portugal and the early radiation of Plesiosauroidea. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66(2):369-388 DOI ↗