Genus
Valid Extinct

Ogmodirus

Williston and Moodie 1913

Ogmodirus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur found in the Cenomanian-Turonian Greenhorn Limestone of Kansas. The type species, Ogmodirus martini, was named by Samuel Wendell Williston and Roy Lee Moodie in 1913.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
Ogmodirus
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Ogmodirus holotype © Williston & Moodie · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Plesiosauroidea Superfamily
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Elasmosauridae Family
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Alzadasaurinae Subfamily
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Ogmodirus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Greenhorn Limestone
1
Temporal distribution
Turonian (93.9–89.8 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Ogmodirus martinii nomen dubium, species not entered Ogmodirus 94 Ma
Synonyms (1)
Ogmodirus martinii nomen dubium, species not entered Ogmodirus
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J. J., Jr. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Bibliography (1)
B. A. Schumacher and M. J. Everhart. 2005. A stratigraphic and taxonomic review of plesiosaurs from the old "Fort Benton Group" of central Kansas: a new assessment of old records. Paludicola 5(2):33-54