Genus
Valid Extinct

Plesiopharos

Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2021

Plesiopharos is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Early Jurassic Coimbra Formation of Portugal. Specifically, it was discovered in São Pedro de Moel, Marinha Grande, from which the type species' binomial name, Plesiopharos moelensis, derives from.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
Plesiopharos
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Bone mapping of the skeleton of Plesiopharos moelensis gen. et sp. nov. (ML2302) from the Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) of São Pedro de Moel (Leiria, Portugal). A. Bones distribution map of the three original extracted blocks (1, 2 and 3) containing ML2302. Arrows with question marks represent that the joining relationship between the blocks is unknown. B. Photographs of the five sub-blocks (1A, 1B, 2C, 2D, and 3E) after preparation works. © Puértolas-Pascual, E., Marx, M., Mateus, O., Saleiro, A., Fernandes, A.E., Marinheiro, J., Tomás, C. and Mateus, S. 2021. · 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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Plesiopharos Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇵🇹 Portugal
1
Temporal distribution
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Plesiopharos moelensis 200 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
E. Puértolas-Pascual, M. Marx, and O. Mateus, A. Saleiro, A. E. Fernandes, J. Marinheiro, C. Tomás, S. Mateus. 2021. A new plesiosaur from the Lower Jurassic of Portugal and the early radiation of Plesiosauroidea. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66(2):369-388 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
E. Puértolas-Pascual, M. Marx, and O. Mateus, A. Saleiro, A. E. Fernandes, J. Marinheiro, C. Tomás, S. Mateus. 2021. A new plesiosaur from the Lower Jurassic of Portugal and the early radiation of Plesiosauroidea. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66(2):369-388 DOI ↗