Pleurosauridae Temporal range: Early - Late Jurassic |
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Pleurosaurus | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Order: | Sphenodontia |
Family: | Pleurosauridae |
Genera | |
Pleurosauridae is a family of extinct marine diapsid reptiles belonging to the Order Sphenodontia.
Fossils from this family have been discovered in Bavaria, Germany from the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) and Tithonian (Late Jurassic).