Species
Valid Extinct

Sachicasaurus vitae

Páramo-Fonseca et al. 2018

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore nektonic Marine
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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
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Sachicasaurus vitae Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇴 Colombia
1
Geological formations
Paja
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
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 ↗