Rarosaurus

Rarosaurus
Temporal range: Late Maastrichtian, 66.5-66.1 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Genus: †Rarosaurus
Kaddumi, 2009[1]
Species:
†R. singularis
Binomial name
†Rarosaurus singularis
Kaddumi, 2009

Rarosaurus is an extinct genus of marine reptile that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains one valid species, R. singularis, and it was found in the Muwaqqar Chalk Marl Formation of Jordan.[1]

  1. ^ a b Kaddumi, H.F. (2009). "On the remains of the first plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from Harrana with a description of a new genus and species of Polycotylidae". Fossils of the Harrana Fauna and the Adjacent Areas. Eternal River Museum of Natural History. pp. 158–162.