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| Holotype specimen (PIMUZ A/III 1274) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Genus: | †Prosantosaurus Klein et al., 2022 |
| Species: | †P. scheffoldi
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| †Prosantosaurus scheffoldi Klein et al., 2022
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Prosantosaurus is a monotypic genus of pachypleurosaurian sauropterygian containing the single species Prosantosaurus scheffoldi discovered in Canton Grison of Switzerland. The genus is named after the Prosanto Formation near the Ducan mountains, where the skeletons were found, and the species for Beat Scheffold, a scientific illustrator from Zurich who contributed prominently to the research of the Triassic marine reptiles.[1]
- ^ Klein, Nicole; Furrer, Heinz; Ehrbar, Iris; Torres Ladeira, Marta; Richter, Henning; Scheyer, Torsten M. (13 July 2022). "A new pachypleurosaur from the Early Ladinian Prosanto Formation in the Eastern Alps of Switzerland". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 141 (1): 12. doi:10.1186/s13358-022-00254-2. ISSN 1664-2384. PMC 9276568. PMID 35844249.