Attenborosaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Attenborosaurus is an extinct genus of pliosaurid from the Early Jurassic of Dorset, England. The type species is A. conybeari. The genus is named after David Attenborough,[1] the species after William Conybeare.[2]
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Attenborosaurus | |
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Casts of the holotype specimen (NHMUK PV R1339): one showing the left side view of the thorax (top) and another showing the underside of the body and right side view of the neck and skull (bottom), Natural History Museum | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Pliosauridae |
Genus: | †Attenborosaurus Bakker, 1993 |
Species: | †A. conybeari |
Binomial name | |
†Attenborosaurus conybeari Bakker, 1993 | |
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