Hydrorion
Hydrorion Temporal range: Middle Jurassic,
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Order: | Plesiosauria
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Genus: | Hydrorion , 2007
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†Hydrorion brachypterygius von Huene, 1923
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Hydrorion (meaning 'water hunter') is a genus of plesiosaur from the Toarcian Age of the Lower Jurassic. It is only known from multiple specimens, all discovered in the Posidonia Shale of southwestern Germany. The only species of Hydrorion is H. brachypterygius, which was originally described as a species of Plesiosaurus.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Ketchum HF, Benson RBJ. Global interrelationships of Plesiosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) and the pivotal role of taxon sampling in determining the outcome of phylogenetic analyses. Biological Reviews
- ^ Großmann, F (2007). "The taxonomic and phylogenetic position of the pleisiosauroidea from the Lower Jurassic Posidonia shale of south-west Germany". Palaeontology. 50 (3): 545–564. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00654.x.
Categories:
- Jurassic plesiosaurs of Europe
- Fossils of Germany
- Sauropterygian genera
- Plesiosaur stubs