Maresaurus
Sign in to saveMaresaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) Los Molles Formation of Argentina. The type species, Maresaurus coccai, was named by Gasparini in 1997. Recent phylogenetic analysis found Maresaurus to be a rhomaleosaurid.
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It is catalogued under topics including Bajocian life, Fossils of Argentina and Fossil taxa described in 1997.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Rhomaleosauridae
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- Maresaurus
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- genus
- start time
- 171000000-
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- 169000000-
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Maresaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) Los Molles Formation of Argentina. The type species, Maresaurus coccai, was named by Gasparini in 1997. Recent phylogenetic analysis found Maresaurus to be a rhomaleosaurid.
== See also == List of plesiosaur genera Timeline of plesiosaur research
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