Alexeyisaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alexeyisaurus is an extinct genus of possible plesiosaur known from the upper Triassic (lower-middle Norian age) of Wilczek Formation, Wilczek Land, of Franz Josef Land, Russia.[1] It was first named by A. G. Sennikov and M. S. Arkhangelsky in 2010 and the type species is Alexeyisaurus karnoushenkoi.[1] While considered an elasmosaur in the initial publication It has been described as a "partial, poorly preserved, and undiagnostic sauropterygian skeleton" in subsequent publications.[2]
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Alexeyisaurus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Genus: | †Alexeyisaurus Sennikov & Arkhangelsky, 2010 |
Species: | †A. karnoushenkoi |
Binomial name | |
†Alexeyisaurus karnoushenkoi Sennikov & Arkhangelsky, 2010 | |
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