Manemergus
Sign in to savethumb|left|Skull thumb|left|Life restoration Manemergus is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Morocco. Manemergus was described in 2005 and contains only one species, M. anguirostris. The type specimen was discovered close to the town of Goulmima (Tizi-n-Imnayen) in Morocco's High Atlas mountains, in the same locality as another polycotylid, Thililua, was discovered.
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It sits within the topics Fossils of Morocco, Late Cretaceous plesiosaurs and Plesiosaurs of Africa.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Parent taxon
- Polycotylidae
- Image
- Manemergus anguirostris skull.jpg
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- location of discovery
- Goulmima
- Commons category
- Manemergus
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Manemergus
- time period
- Late Cretaceous
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thumb|left|Skull thumb|left|Life restoration Manemergus is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Morocco. Manemergus was described in 2005 and contains only one species, M. anguirostris. The type specimen was discovered close to the town of Goulmima (Tizi-n-Imnayen) in Morocco's High Atlas mountains, in the same locality as another polycotylid, Thililua, was discovered.
==See also== List of plesiosaur genera Timeline of plesiosaur research
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