Pleurosauridae

Pleurosauridae
Temporal range: Early - Late Jurassic
Pleurosaurus
Scientific classification
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).