Stratesaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stratesaurus is an extinct genus of small-bodied rhomaleosaurid plesiosaur known from the Early Jurassic period (most likely earliest Hettangian stage) of the United Kingdom. It contains a single species, S. taylori.[1] It was a small plesiosaur, with a skull length of 18 cm (7.1 in) and a body length of 2 m (6.6 ft).[1][2]
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Stratesaurus | |
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Holotype of Stratesaurus taylori | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Rhomaleosauridae |
Genus: | †Stratesaurus Benson, Evans & Druckenmiller, 2012 |
Type species | |
†Stratesaurus taylori Benson, Evans & Druckenmiller, 2012 |
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