Discosaurus

Leidy 1851

Discosaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Santonian of Alabama and Mississippi. One species is known, which is D. vestutus.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Sauroptérygiens

Carnivore nektonic Marine

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Discosaurus vetustus vertebrae. © Leidy · Public domain · 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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Brachaucheninae Subfamily

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Discosaurus Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇺🇸 United States

Geological formations

Eutaw

Temporal distribution

Santonian (85.7–83.6 Ma)

Species (1)

Discosaurus vetustus 86 Ma

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Bibliography

Original description

J. J., Jr. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Bibliography (1)

J. T. Thurmond and D. E. Jones. 1981. Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama DOI ↗