Vinialesaurus
Vinialesaurus Temporal range: Oxfordian
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Order: | Plesiosauria
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Suborder: | Plesiosauroidea
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Genus: | Vinialesaurus Gasparini et al. 2002
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Vinialesaurus is a genus of plesiosaur from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) Jagua Formation of Pinar del Río, Cuba. The type species is Vinialesaurus caroli, first described as Cryptocleidus caroli by De la Torre and Rojas in 1949, and redescribed by Gasparini, Bardet and Iturralde in 2002. The authors of the 2002 paper considered Vinialesaurus distinct enough from Cryptocleidus to warrant its own genus, but it was broadly similar to Cryptocleidus.[1]
The name Vinialesaurus honors Viñales, the town in western Cuba where the fossils of Vinialesaurus was discovered. These fossils consist of a mostly complete skull, jaw, and portions of the vertebrae.[1]
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References[]
- ^ a b Gasparini, Z.; Bardet, N. & Iturralde-Vinent, M. (2002). "A new cryptoclidid plesiosaur from the Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) of Cuba". Geobios. 35 (2): 201–211. doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(02)00019-0. Archived from the original on 2010-07-02. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
External links[]
- Vinialesaurus in the Plesiosaur site
Categories:
- Cryptoclidids
- Late Jurassic plesiosaurs
- Oxfordian life
- Late Jurassic reptiles of North America
- Jurassic plesiosaurs of North America
- Jurassic Cuba
- Fossils of Cuba
- Fossil taxa described in 2002
- Taxa named by Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini
- Sauropterygian genera