Vinialesaurus

Vinialesaurus is a genus of plesiosaur from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) Jagua Formation of Pinar del Río, Cuba. The type species is Vinialesaurus caroli, first described as Cryptocleidus caroli by De la Torre and Rojas in 1949, and redescribed by Gasparini, Bardet and Iturralde in 2002. The authors of the 2002 paper considered Vinialesaurus distinct enough from Cryptocleidus to warrant its own genus, but it was broadly similar to Cryptocleidus.[1]

Vinialesaurus
Temporal range: Oxfordian
~161–156 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sauropsida
Superorder:
Sauropterygia
Order:
Plesiosauria
Suborder:
Plesiosauroidea
Family:
Cryptoclididae
Genus:
Vinialesaurus

Gasparini et al. 2002
Species
  • V. caroli (De la Torre & Rojas, 1949 [originally Cryptocleidus caroli]) (type)

The name Vinialesaurus honors Viñales, the town in western Cuba where the fossils of Vinialesaurus was discovered. These fossils consist of a mostly complete skull, jaw, and portions of the vertebrae.[1]

See also

References
  1. Gasparini, Z.; Bardet, N. & Iturralde-Vinent, M. (2002). "A new cryptoclidid plesiosaur from the Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) of Cuba". Geobios. 35 (2): 201–211. doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(02)00019-0. Archived from the original on 2010-07-02. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
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