Futabasaurus

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Plesiosaur
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Family: Elasmosauridae
Genus: Futabasaurus
Binomial name
Futabasaurus suzukii
Sato, Hasegawa & Manabe, 2006

Futabasaurus suzukii is the name of a plesiosaur that was described in 2006 by Sato, Hasegawa, and Manabe. Futabasaurus comes from the Late Cretaceous of Fukushima, Japan, and was assigned to the family Elasmosauridae.

The name Futabasaurus also appears in connection with a theropod dinosaur, also from the Late Cretaceous of Japan. However, this dinosaur was not officially named, so the name Futabasaurus is a nomen nudum when applied to this theropod. It is not the same as the plesiosaur named Futabasaurus.

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