Futabasaurus

Futabasaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Santonian) 86.3–85 Ma
Reconstructed skeleton at National Science Museum, Tokyo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Family: Elasmosauridae
Genus: Futabasaurus
Sato, Hasegawa & Manabe, 2006
Species:
F. suzukii
Binomial name
Futabasaurus suzukii
Sato, Hasegawa & Manabe, 2006

Futabasaurus is a genus of plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Fukushima, Japan. It was described and named in 2006, and was assigned to the family Elasmosauridae. The genus contains one species, F. suzukii.