Leurospondylus

Leurospondylus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Dorsal view of the holotype spine of L. ultimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sauropsida
Superorder:
†Sauropterygia
Order:
†Plesiosauria
Suborder:
†Plesiosauroidea
Family:
†Elasmosauridae?
Genus:
†Leurospondylus

Brown, 1913
Binomial name
†Leurospondylus ultimus
Brown, 1913

Leurospondylus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Canada whose family is currently disputed, but is suggested to be Elasmosauridae.

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