Genus
Valid Extinct

Westphaliasaurus

Schwermann and Sander 2011

Westphaliasaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from Lower Jurassic deposits of Westphalia, northwestern Germany. It is known from a nearly complete and articulated skeleton missing the skull and about 38% of the upper neck vertebrae.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Plesiosauroidea Superfamily
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Westphaliasaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
1
Temporal distribution
Pliensbachian (192.9–184.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Westphaliasaurus simonsensii 193 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
L. Schwermann and P. M. Sander. 2011. Osteologie und Phylogenie von Westphaliasaurus simonsensii: Ein neuer Plesiosauride (Sauropterygia) aus dem Unteren Jura (Pliensbachium) von Sommersell (Kreis Höxter), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland. Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen 79:1-60
Bibliography (1)
L. Schwermann and P. M. Sander. 2011. Osteologie und Phylogenie von Westphaliasaurus simonsensii: Ein neuer Plesiosauride (Sauropterygia) aus dem Unteren Jura (Pliensbachium) von Sommersell (Kreis Höxter), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland. Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen 79:1-60