Genus
Valid Extinct

Meyerasaurus

Smith and Vincent 2010

Meyerasaurus is an extinct genus of rhomaleosaurid plesiosaur known from the Early Jurassic of Holzmaden, Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
Meyerasaurus
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Meyerasaurus victor (jr synonym Rhomaleosaurus victor) holotype. Specimen # SMNS 12478, Museum am Löwentor, Stuttgart, Germany © Ra'ike (see also: de:Benutzer:Ra'ike) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Rhomaleosauridae Family
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Meyerasaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
1
Geological formations
Posidonia Shale
1
Temporal distribution
Toarcian (184.2–174.7 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Meyerasaurus victor 184 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
A. S. Smith and P. Vincent. 2010. A new genus of pliosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Lower Jurassic of Holzmaden, Germany. Palaeontology 53(5):1049-1063 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
E. Fraas. 1910. Plesiosaurier aus dem oberen Lias von Holzmaden. Palaeontographica 57:105-140