Plesiopharos
Name:
Plesiopharos
(near lighthouse).
Phonetic: Ple-se-o-had-ross.
Named By: Eduardo Pu�rtolas-Pascual, Miguel Marx,
Oct�vio Mateus, Andr� Saleiro, Alexandra E. Fernandes, Jo�o
Marinheiro, Carla Tom�s & Sim�o Mateus - 2021.
Classification: Chordata, Sauropterygia,
Reptilia, Plesiosauria.
Species: P. moelensis
(type).
Diet: Piscivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of fossils.
Known locations: Portugal - Coimbra Formation.
Time period: Sinemurian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial remains.
Plesiopharos
is a genus of plesiosaur
that lived in European waters during the Early
Jurassic.
Further reading
- A new plesiosaur from the Lower Jurassic of Portugal and the early
radiation of Plesiosauroidea. - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.
66 - Eduardo Pu�rtolas-Pascual, Miguel Marx, Oct�vio Mateus,
Andr� Saleiro, Alexandra E. Fernandes, Jo�o Marinheiro, Carla
Tom�s & Sim�o Mateus - 2021.
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