Genus
Valid Extinct

Arminisaurus

Sachs and Kear 2017

Arminisaurus is a genus of pliosaurid plesiosaur that lived during the Lower Jurassic in present-day Germany. With Westphaliasaurus and Cryonectes, Arminisaurus is only the third plesiosaurian taxon that was described from the Pliensbachian stage. The holotype and only known specimen is a fragmentary skeleton, comprising an incomplete lower jaw, teeth, vertebrae and elements from the pectoral girdle and the paddles. The animal had an estimated body length of 3–4 metres (9.8–13.1 ft).

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Arminisaurus
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
Plesiosauria Order
Pliosauroidea Superfamily
Pliosauridae Family
Arminisaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
4 m
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
1
Geological formations
Amaltheenton
1
Temporal distribution
Pliensbachian (192.9–184.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Arminisaurus schuberti 193 Ma
Images 4
Bibliography
Original description
S. Sachs and B. P. Kear. 2017. A rare new Pliensbachian plesiosaurian from the Amaltheenton Formation of Bielefeld in northwestern Germany. Alcheringa DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
S. Sachs and B. P. Kear. 2017. A rare new Pliensbachian plesiosaurian from the Amaltheenton Formation of Bielefeld in northwestern Germany. Alcheringa DOI ↗