Genus
Valid Extinct

Hauffiosaurus

O'Keefe 2001

Hauffiosaurus is an extinct genus of Early Jurassic pliosaurid plesiosaur known from Holzmaden of Germany and from Yorkshire of the United Kingdom. It was first named by Frank Robin O’Keefe in 2001 and the type species is Hauffiosaurus zanoni. In 2011, two additional species were assigned to this genus: H. longirostris and H. tomistomimus.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Hauffiosaurus
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Pliosauroidea Superfamily
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Pliosauridae Family
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Hauffiosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
3
🇩🇪 Germany
1
Geological formations
Whitby Mudstone
2
Alum Shale
1
Posidonia Shale
1
Temporal distribution
Toarcian (184.2–174.7 Ma)
4
Species (3)
Hauffiosaurus longirostris 184 Ma
Hauffiosaurus tomistomimus 183 Ma
Hauffiosaurus zanoni 184 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
F. R. O'Keefe. 2001. A cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision of the Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia). Acta Zoologica Fennica 213:1-63
Bibliography (4)
R. B. J. Benson, H. F. Ketchum, and L. F. Noe, M. Gomez-Perez. 2011. New information on Hauffiosaurus (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) based on a new species from the Alum Shale Member (Lower Toarcian: Lower Jurassic) of Yorkshire, UK. Palaeontology 54(3):547-571 DOI ↗
F. R. O'Keefe. 2001. A cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision of the Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia). Acta Zoologica Fennica 213:1-63
M. J. Benton and M. A. Taylor. 1984. Marine reptiles from the Upper Lias (Lower Toarcian, Lower Jurassic) of the Yorkshire coast. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 44(4):399-429 DOI ↗
R. Tate and J. F. Blake. 1876. The Yorkshire Lias DOI ↗