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Maresaurus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superorder
  
Sauropterygia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Plesiosauria

Class
  
Sauropsida

Family
  
Rhomaleosauridae

Rank
  
Genus

Maresaurus httpsplesiosauriacommaresaurusjpg

Similar
  
Archaeonectrus, Sthenarosaurus, Eurycleidus, Bishanopliosaurus, Hauffiosaurus

Maresaurus is an extinct genus of pliosaur from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) of what is now Argentina. The type species, Maresaurus coccai, was named by Gasparini in 1997. Recent phylogenetic analysis found Maresaurus to be a rhomaleosaurid.

References

Maresaurus Wikipedia