Species
Valid Extinct

Pliosaurus almanzaensis

O’Gorman et al. 2018

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore nektonic Marine
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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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Pliosaurus Genus
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Pliosaurus almanzaensis Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
1
Geological formations
Vaca Muerta
1
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
J. P. O’Gorman, Z. Gasparini, and L. A. Spalletti. 2018. A new Pliosaurus species (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Upper Jurassic of Patagonia: New insights on the Tithonian morphological disparity of mandibular symphyseal morphology. Journal of Paleontology 92(2):240-253 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J. P. O’Gorman, Z. Gasparini, and L. A. Spalletti. 2018. A new Pliosaurus species (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Upper Jurassic of Patagonia: New insights on the Tithonian morphological disparity of mandibular symphyseal morphology. Journal of Paleontology 92(2):240-253 DOI ↗