Aphrosaurus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Aphrosaurus
Fossil range: Mesozoic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Family: Elasmosauridae
Genus: Aphrosaurus
Species
  • Aphrosaurus furlongi (type) Welles

Aphrosaurus (meaning "sea-foam lizard") is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Mesozoic. The type species is Aphrosaurus furlongi, named by Welles in 1943.

[edit] References

  • Carroll, R.L. (1988). Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W.H. Freeman and Company

[edit] External links