Thililua

Bardet et al. 2003

Thililua is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur, containing one species, T. longicollis.

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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Skeleton of Thililua longicollis. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan. © Momotarou2012 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia

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Classification

Sauropterygia Suborder

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Plesiosauria Order

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Plesiosauroidea Superfamily

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Polycotylidae Family

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Thililua Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇲🇦 Morocco

Geological formations

Akrabou

Temporal distribution

Turonian (93.9–89.8 Ma)

Species (1)

Thililua longicollis 94 Ma

Images 1

Bibliography

Original description

N. Bardet, X. Pereda Suberbiola, and N.-E. Jalil. 2003. A new polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Morocco. Comptes Rendus Palevol 2:307-315 DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)

N. Bardet, X. Pereda Suberbiola, and N.-E. Jalil. 2003. A new polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Morocco. Comptes Rendus Palevol 2:307-315 DOI ↗