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Spitrasaurus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superorder
  
†Sauropterygia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Plesiosauria

Class
  
Reptilia

Family
  
†Cryptoclididae

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Avalonnectes, Lusonectes, Stratesaurus, Alexeyisaurus, Sthenarosaurus

Spitrasaurus is an extinct genus of cryptoclidid plesiosauroid plesiosaur known from the uppermost Jurassic of central Spitsbergen, Norway. It is named after a portmanteau of Spitsbergen Travel.

References

Spitrasaurus Wikipedia