Pachycostasaurus
Extinct species of reptile / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pachycostasaurus (meaning 'thick-ribbed lizard') is an extinct Pliosauroid from the Oxford Clay formation of Peterborough, England.
Quick Facts Pachycostasaurus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, Scientific classification ...
Pachycostasaurus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic | |
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Holotype fossil, Peterborough Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Pliosauridae |
Genus: | †Pachycostasaurus Cruickshank et al., 1997 |
Species: | †P. dawni |
Binomial name | |
†Pachycostasaurus dawni Cruickshank et al., 1997 | |
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