Zarafasaura oceanis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Plesiosauroidea
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 Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Superordo: †Sauropterygia Ordo: †Plesiosauria Subordo: Plesiosauroidea

Familia: †Elasmosauridae
Genus: †Zarafasaura
Species: †Zarafasaura oceanis

Name

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

Holotype: OCP -DEK/GE 315, an incomplete dorsoventrally crushed skull and associated mandible.

Type locality and horizon: “Sidi Daoui area, near Oued Zem city northeastern part of the Oulad Abdoun Basin, Morocco. Upper CIII level, Upper Maastrichtian, Upper Cretaceous.”

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.

Additional references

Lomax, D.R. & Wahl, W.R. 2013. A new specimen of the elasmosaurid plesiosaur Zarafasaura oceanis from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Morocco. Paludicola 9(2): 97–109.

Links

i – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

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