Zarafasaura

Zarafasaura

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 Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Superordo: †Sauropterygia

Ordo: †Plesiosauria
Subordo: †Plesiosauroidea
Familia: †Elasmosauridae
Genus: †Zarafasaura
Species: †Z. oceanis

Name

• †Zarafasaura Vincent, Bardet, Suberbiola, Bouya, Amaghzaz & Meslouh, 2011: 1064

Type species: †Zarafasaura oceanis Vincent, Bardet, Suberbiola, Bouya, Amaghzaz & Meslouh, 2011, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Vincent, P., Bardet, N., Suberbiola, X.P., Bouya, B., Amaghzaz, M. & Meslouh, S. 2011. Zarafasaura oceanis, a new elasmosaurid (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco and the palaeobiogeography of latest Cretaceous plesiosaurs. Gondwana Research 19(4): 1062–1073. DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.10.005 Reference page. 

Links

• †Zarafasaura Vincent et al., 2011 (elasmosaur) – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

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