Kimmerosaurus

Kimmerosaurus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic, 152–150 Ma
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Kimmerosaurus

Brown, 1981
Binomial name
Kimmerosaurus langhami
Brown, 1981

Kimmerosaurus ("lizard from Kimmeridge") is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the family Cryptoclididae.[1] Kimmerosaurus is most closely related to Tatenectes.

  1. ^ Ketchum, H. F.; Benson, R. B. J. (2010). "Global interrelationships of Plesiosauria (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) and the pivotal role of taxon sampling in determining the outcome of phylogenetic analyses". Biological Reviews. 85 (2): 361–392. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.2009.00107.x. PMID 20002391. S2CID 12193439.