Thalassomedon

Thalassomedon
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 99.6–93.5 Ma
Mounted cast of the type specimen, American Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Family: Elasmosauridae
Genus: Thalassomedon
Welles, 1943
Species:
T. haningtoni
Binomial name
Thalassomedon haningtoni
Welles, 1943
Synonyms
  • Alzadasaurus riggsi Welles, 1943

Thalassomedon (from Greek, thalassa, "sea" and Greek, medon, "lord" or "ruler", meaning "sea lord") is a genus of plesiosaur, named by Welles in 1943.