Pleurosauridae

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Pleurosaurids
Temporal range: Early Jurassic - Late Jurassic, 183–150.8 Ma
File:Pleurosaurus BW.jpg
Life restoration of Pleurosaurus goldfussi
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Rhynchocephalia
Suborder: Sphenodontia
Family: Pleurosauridae
Lydekker, 1888
Genera

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Pleurosauridae is a family of extinct marine diapsid reptiles belonging to the group Sphenodontia. Fossils from this family have been discovered in Bavaria, Germany from the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) and Tithonian (Late Jurassic).[1]

References

  1. Dupret, V. (2004). The pleurosaurs: anatomy and phylogeny. Revue de Paléobiologie, 9: 61-80.[1]

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