Stenorhynchosaurus

Stenorhynchosaurus
Temporal range: Late Barremian
~126 Ma
Holotype of S. munozi while in situ during 2004 or 2005
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Family: Pliosauridae
Subfamily: Brachaucheninae
Genus: Stenorhynchosaurus
Páramo-Fonseca et al., 2016
Species:
S. munozi
Binomial name
Stenorhynchosaurus munozi
Páramo-Fonseca et al., 2016
Synonyms

Stenorhynchosaurus is an extinct genus of pliosaurid plesiosaurs which lived in the Early Cretaceous of South America. The type species and only known is Stenorhynchosaurus munozi.[1]

  1. ^ Páramo-Fonseca, María E.; Gómez-Pérez, Marcela; Noé, Leslie F.; Etayo, Fernando (2016-04-06). "Stenorhynchosaurus munozi, gen. et sp. nov. a new pliosaurid from the Upper Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of Sutamarchán Colombia, South America". Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. 40 (154): 84–103. doi:10.18257/raccefyn.239. ISSN 2382-4980.