Genus
Valid Extinct

Sachicasaurus

Páramo-Fonseca et al. 2018

Sachicasaurus is an extinct genus of brachauchenine pliosaurid known from the Barremian of the Paja Formation, Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Colombian Eastern Ranges of the Andes. The type species is S. vitae.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Sachicasaurus
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Sachicasaurus vitae - holotype - Paja Formation, Colombia © María Páramo et al., 2018. Earth Sciences Research Journal, formerly Geología Colombiana, is released under a CC4.0 license · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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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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Thalassophonea Unranked clade
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Brachaucheninae Subfamily
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Sachicasaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇴 Colombia
1
Geological formations
Paja
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Sachicasaurus vitae 126 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
M. E. Páramo-Fonseca, C. D. Benavides-Cabra, and I. E. Gutiérrez. 2018. A new large pliosaurid from the Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of Sáchica, Boyacá, Colombia. Earth Sciences Research Journal 22(4):223-238 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
M. E. Páramo-Fonseca, C. D. Benavides-Cabra, and I. E. Gutiérrez. 2018. A new large pliosaurid from the Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of Sáchica, Boyacá, Colombia. Earth Sciences Research Journal 22(4):223-238 DOI ↗