| Maresaurus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Family: | †Rhomaleosauridae |
| Genus: | †Maresaurus Gasparini, 1997 |
| Species: | †M. coccai |
| Binomial name | |
| †Maresaurus coccai Gasparini, 1997 | |
Maresaurus is anextinctgenus ofplesiosaur from theMiddle Jurassic (Bajocian)Los Molles Formation ofArgentina. Thetype species,Maresaurus coccai, was named by Gasparini in 1997. Recent phylogenetic analysis foundMaresaurus to be a rhomaleosaurid.[1][2]