Rhaeticosaurus

Rhaeticosaurus
Temporal range: Late Triassic,
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Superorder:
†Sauropterygia
Order:
†Plesiosauria
Suborder:
†Pliosauroidea
Genus:
†Rhaeticosaurus

Wintrich et al., 2017
Type species
†Rhaeticosaurus mertensi
Wintrich et al., 2017

Rhaeticosaurus (meaning 'Rhaetian lizard') is an extinct genus of basal pliosauroid from the Late Triassic (Rhaetian) rocks of the Exter Formation. The type and only species, R. mertensi, was named by Wintrich et al. in 2017. It is known from a partial articulated skeleton.

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