Pleurosaurus

Pleurosaurus Temporal range: Late Jurassic, 152–150.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
P. sp., National Taiwan Museum
Skull diagram
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Rhynchocephalia
Family:	†Pleurosauridae
Genus:	†Pleurosaurus Meyer, 1831
Type species
†Pleurosaurus goldfussi Meyer, 1831
Species
†P. goldfussi Meyer, 1831 †P. ginsburgi Fabre, 1974

Pleurosaurus (from Greek: πλευρᾱ́ pleurā́, 'rib' or 'side' and Greek: σαῦρος saûros, 'lizard') is an extinct genus of aquatic reptiles belonging to the order Rhynchocephalia. Pleurosaurus fossils have primarily been discovered in the Solnhofen Limestone of Bavaria, Germany and the Canjuers lagerstatte near Canjuers, France, both dating to the Late Jurassic. It contains two species, P. goldfussi and P. ginsburgi.^[1]