Aphrosaurus

Aphrosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Life restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Superorder:
†Sauropterygia
Order:
†Plesiosauria
Family:
†Elasmosauridae
Genus:
†Aphrosaurus
Species
  • Aphrosaurus furlongi Welles, 1943 (type) Welles

Aphrosaurus was an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Maastrichtian. The type species is Aphrosaurus furlongi (LACM 2748), named by Welles in 1943. The holotype specimen was discovered in the Moreno Formation in Fresno County, California in 1939 by rancher Frank C. Piava. A second specimen - LACM 2832 - was also found in the same formation and initially diagnosed as a juvenile of the same species, but has since been removed from the genus.

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