Species
Valid Extinct

Corosaurus alcovensis

Case 1936

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Marine
Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
Eosauropterygia Order
Corosaurus Genus
Corosaurus alcovensis Species
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
4
Geological formations
Crow Mountain
4
Temporal distribution
Olenekian (249.9–246.7 Ma)
4
Bibliography
Original description
E. C. Case. 1936. A nothosaur from the Triassic of Wyoming. University of Michigan Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology 5(1):1-36
Bibliography (2)
O. Rieppel. 1998. Corosaurus alcovensis Case and the phylogenetic interrelationships of Triassic stem-group Sauropterygia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 124:1-41 DOI ↗
G. W. Storrs. 1991. Anatomy and relationships of Corosaurus alcovensis (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) and the Triassic Alcova Limestone of Wyoming. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 44:1-151