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Maresaurus is an extinct genusofplesiosaur from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) Los Molles FormationofArgentina. The type species, Maresaurus coccai, was named by Gasparini in 1997. Recent phylogenetic analysis found Maresaurus to be a rhomaleosaurid.[2]

Maresaurus
Temporal range: Bajocian
~171–169 Ma

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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sauropsida
Superorder:
†Sauropterygia
Order:
†Plesiosauria
Family:
†Rhomaleosauridae[1]
Genus:
†Maresaurus
Species
  • †Maresaurus coccai (type) Gasparini 1997

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ketchum HF, Benson RBJ. Global interrelationships of Plesiosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) and the pivotal role of taxon sampling in determining the outcome of phylogenetic analyses. Biological Reviews
  • ^ Smith AS, Dyke GJ. 2008. The skull of the giant predatory pliosaur Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni: implications for plesiosaur phylogenetics. Naturwissenschaften e-published 2008.
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