Arminisaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arminisaurus (meaning "lizard of Arminius") is a genus of pliosaurid plesiosaur[1][2] that lived during the Lower Jurassic in present-day Germany. With Westphaliasaurus and Cryonectes, Arminisaurus is only the third plesiosaurian taxon that was described from the Pliensbachian stage.[1] The holotype and only known specimen is a fragmentary skeleton (about 40 percent complete), comprising an incomplete lower jaw, teeth, vertebrae and elements from the pectoral girdle and the paddles. The animal had an estimated body length of 3–4 metres (9.8–13.1 ft).[3]
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Arminisaurus | |
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Arminisaurus schuberti skeleton, Naturkunde-Museum, Bielefeld | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Pliosauridae |
Genus: | †Arminisaurus Sachs & Kear, 2017 |
Type species | |
†Arminisaurus schuberti Sachs & Kear, 2017 |
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