Genus
Valid Extinct

Anguanax

Cau and Fanti 2016

Anguanax is an extinct genus of basal pliosaurid known from the Late Jurassic Rosso Ammonitico Veronese Formation of northern Italy. It contains a single species, Anguanax zignoi, known from a partially complete individual, representing the first articulated skeleton of an Italian plesiosaurian.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Anguanax
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Partial skull and anterior cervical vertebrae of unidentified pliosaurid plesiosaurian (MPPL 18797) from the uppermost Callovian–middle Oxfordian of Kaberlaba (Asiago, Italy), in left lateral view. Photograph (A) and explanatory drawing (B). White, preserved bone surfaces; dark grey, preserved margins of skull fenestrae; light grey, eroded bone surface; cross hatching, broken bone. © Cau, A. and Fanti, F. · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Anguanax
Anguanax
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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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Anguanax Genus
Measurements
Length
4 m ⓘ
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇮🇹 Italy
1
Geological formations
Rosso Ammonitico Veronese
1
Temporal distribution
Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Anguanax zignoi 165 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
A. Cau and F. Fanti. 2016. High evolutionary rates and the origin of the Rosso Ammonitico Veronese Formation (Middle-Upper Jurassic of Italy) reptiles. Historical Biology 28(7):952-962 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
A. Cau and F. Fanti. 2014. A pliosaurid (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Rosso Ammonitico Veronese Formation of Italy. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica DOI ↗