Genus
Valid Extinct

Makhaira

Fischer et al. 2015

The makhaira is a type of Ancient Greek bladed weapon and tool, generally a large knife or sword, similar in appearance to the modern-day machete, with a single cutting edge.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Makhaira
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Ancient myceaean swords after reconstruction - replicas from the museum in Mycenae. The original pieces of these swords are in the National Archeological Museum in Athens. © Janmad · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Pliosauroidea Superfamily
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Pliosauridae Family
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Thalassophonea Unranked clade
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Makhaira Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇷🇺 Russia
1
Temporal distribution
Hauterivian (132.6–125.77 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Makhaira rossica 133 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
V. Fischer, M. S. Arkhangelsky, and I. M. Stenshin, G. N. Uspensky, N. G. Zverkov, R. B. J. Benson. 2015. Peculiar macrophagous adaptations in a new Cretaceous pliosaurid. Royal Society Open Science 2(150552) DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
V. Fischer, M. S. Arkhangelsky, and I. M. Stenshin, G. N. Uspensky, N. G. Zverkov, R. B. J. Benson. 2015. Peculiar macrophagous adaptations in a new Cretaceous pliosaurid. Royal Society Open Science 2(150552) DOI ↗