Manemergus

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Manemergus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Suborder: Plesiosauroidea
Family: Polycotylidae
Genus: Manemergus
Species: M. anguirostris
Binomial name
Manemergus anguirostris

Manemergus is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Morocco. Manemergus was described in 2005 and contains only one species, M. anguirostris. The type specimen was discovered close to the town of Goulmima in Morocco's High Atlas mountains, in the same locality as another polycotylid, Thililua, was discovered.

[edit] References

  • Buchy, MC, Metayer, F, Frey, E, 2005. Osteology of Manemergus anguirostris n. gen. et sp., a new plesiosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco. Palaeontographica Abteilung A-Palaozoologie-Stratigraphie 272 (5-6): 97-120. (Abstract)
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