Rarosaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rarosaurus is an extinct genus of polycotylid plesiosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains one valid species, R. singularis and it was found in the Muwaqqar Chalk Marl Formation of Jordan.[1]
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Rarosaurus | |
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Reconstruction of several individuals of Rarosaurus singularis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Polycotylidae |
Genus: | †Rarosaurus Kaddumi, 2009[1] |
Species: | †R. singularis |
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†Rarosaurus singularis Kaddumi, 2009 | |
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