| Meyerasaurus | |
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| The holotype in the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Family: | †Rhomaleosauridae |
| Genus: | †Meyerasaurus Smith & Vincent,2010 |
| Species: | †M. victor |
| Binomial name | |
| Meyerasaurus victor (Fraas, 1910 [originallyPlesiosaurus]) | |
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Meyerasaurus is anextinctgenus ofplesiosaur. An almost complete fossil was found inHolzmaden, Baden-Württemberg, southeasternGermany.[1] It was a medium-sized, 3.35 m (11.0 ft) long,pliosaur.
The specimen was collected fromshale over 150 years ago. The shale dates to the earlyJurassic, about 183–180 million years ago (mya).[1] The specimen was described as a species ofPlesiosaurus a hundred years ago.[2] It got its new name in 2010.[1]
Most members of its family, theRhomaleosauridae, have been found inEngland. They were found in the lowerBlue Lias deposits which date to the earliestJurassic, just above the boundary with theTriassic.
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