Genus
Valid Extinct

Ceraunosaurus

Thurmond 1968

Trinacromerum is an extinct genus of sauropterygian reptile, a member of the polycotylid plesiosaurs. It contains two species, T. bentonianum and T. kirki. Specimens have been discovered in the Late Cretaceous fossil deposits of what is now modern Kansas and Manitoba. Some fossils are also found in the Southern United States such as in the Mooreville Chalk of Alabama.

Temporal range
PBDB occurrences
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Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
Ceraunosaurus
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
Plesiosauria Order
Plesiosauroidea Superfamily
Polycotylidae Family
Ceraunosaurus Genus
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Bibliography
Original description
J. T. Thurmond. 1968. A new polycotylid plesiosaur from the Lake Waco Formation (Cenomanian) of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 42(5):1289-1296