Goniosaurus

Goniosaurus
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sauropsida
Subclass:
Enaliosauria
Order:
Sauropterygia
Family:
Elasmosauridae
Genus:
Goniosaurus

Meyer, 1860
Species

Goniosaurus binskhorsti Meyer, 1860

Goniosaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian age) of the Nekum Chalk, in the Netherlands. The only species so far described, G. binskhorsti is represented only by an isolated, compressed and slender tooth described by Hermman Meyer[1] and a referred tooth[2] and a cervical vertebra[3] that shows that was an elasmosaurid, as many others Late Cretaceous plesiosaurs from Europe.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Meyer, H., 1860. Saurier aus der Tuff Kreide von Maestricht und Folx-les-Caves. Palaeontographica, 7: 241-244.
  2. ^ Mulder, E. W. A., 1990. Ein Elasmosaurierzähn aus der oberen Kreide des St. Pietersberges bei Maastricht, Süd-Limburg, Niederlande. Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 64 (1-2): 145-151.
  3. ^ Mulder, E. W. A., 1985. Plesiosauriërs in de Limburgse Krijtzee. Natuurhistorisch Maandblad, 74 (5): 94-96.
  4. ^ Bardet, Nathalie, and Pascal Godefroit. Plesiosaurus houzeaui Dollo, 1909 from the Upper Campanian of Ciply (Belgium) and a review of the Upper Cretaceous plesiosaurs from Europe. Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 65 (1995): 179-186.


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