Kingdom Animalia Order Rhynchocephalia Scientific name Pleurosauridae Rank Family | Phylum Chordata Suborder Sphenodontia Higher classification Sphenodontidae | |
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Similar Rhynchocephalia, Pleurosaurus, Reptile, Palaeopleurosaurus, Sapheosaurus | ||
Pleurosauridae is a family of extinct marine diapsid reptiles belonging to the group Sphenodontia. Fossils from this family have been discovered in Bavaria, Germany from the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) and Tithonian (Late Jurassic).
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