Maresaurus

Maresaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) Los Molles Formation of Argentina. The type species, Maresaurus coccai, was named by Gasparini in 1997. Recent phylogenetic analysis found Maresaurus to be a rhomaleosaurid.^[1][2]

Maresaurus Temporal range: Bajocian ~171–169 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Order:	†Plesiosauria
Family:	†Rhomaleosauridae
Genus:	†Maresaurus Gasparini, 1997
Species:	†M. coccai
Binomial name
†Maresaurus coccai Gasparini, 1997

See also

• List of plesiosaur genera
• Timeline of plesiosaur research