Maresaurus Gasparini, 1997

Classification

Sauropterygia > Eosauropterygia > Eusauropterygia > Pistosauroidea > Plesiosauria > Pliosauroidea

Maresaurus coccai Gasparini, 1997

Material

MOZ 4386 V Museo Prof. Olsacher, Zapala, Neuquén, articulated skull and mandible, atlas-axis and first cervical vertebrae.

Distribution

Upper part of the Los Molles Formation, Cuyo Group, Emileia giebeli and Emileia multiformis subzone, Lower Bajocian, Middle Jurassic, Chacaico Sur, (39° 15' S, 70° 18' W), 70 km southwest of Zapala, Neuquén Province, Argentina.

Images

Lateral, dorsal and ventral views of the holotype skull of Maresaurus