Plesiopharos
Sign in to savePlesiopharos (derived from the Greek words πλησίος (plesios), "close" and φάρος (pharos), "lighthouse", because its holotype was found in the vicinity of a lighthouse + [from São Pedro de] Moel) is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Early Jurassic Coimbra Formation of Portugal. Specifically, it was discovered in São Pedro de Moel, Marinha Grande, from which the type species' binomial name, Plesiopharos moelensis, derives from.
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It sits within the topics Early Jurassic plesiosaurs of Europe, Fossils of Portugal and Fossil taxa described in 2021.
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Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Plesiosauroidea
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- genus
- taxon name
- Plesiopharos
- Commons category
- Plesiopharos
- location of discovery
- Portugal
- time period
- Early Jurassic
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Plesiopharos (derived from the Greek words πλησίος (plesios), "close" and φάρος (pharos), "lighthouse", because its holotype was found in the vicinity of a lighthouse + [from São Pedro de] Moel) is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Early Jurassic Coimbra Formation of Portugal. Specifically, it was discovered in São Pedro de Moel, Marinha Grande, from which the type species' binomial name, Plesiopharos moelensis, derives from.
At the time of its publication (2021), this plesiosaur was the most complete and oldest known from the Iberian Peninsula.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Plesiopharos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.