Meyerasaurus

Meyerasaurus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sauropterygia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Superordo: †Sauropterygia

Ordo: †Plesiosauria
Familia: †Rhomaleosauridae
Genus: †Meyerasaurus
Species (1): †M. victor

Name

• †Meyerasaurus Smith & Vincent, 2010: 1051

Type species: †Plesiosaurus victor Fraas, 1910, by original designation and monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Smith, A.S. & Vincent, P. 2010. A new genus of pliosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Lower Jurassic of Holzmaden, Germany. Palaeontology 53(5): 1049–1063. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00975.x Reference page. 

Links

• †Meyerasaurus Smith & Vincent, 2010 (plesiosaur) – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

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