Brancasaurus Wegner, 1914

Classification

Sauropterygia > Eosauropterygia > Eusauropterygia > Pistosauroidea > Plesiosauria > Plesiosauroidea > Elasmosauridae

Species

Brancasaurus brancai Wegner, 1914 (Type and only species)

Material

GPMUM unspecified; complete mounted skeleton including skull.

Distribution

Gronau, Münster, Westphalia, west-central Germany, Wealden Group, (Berriasian, Lower Cretaceous).

Images

Skull of Brancasaurus in dorsal and lateral view, and showing the tip of the snout (C) in ventral view (from Wegner, 1914)