Plesiopterys
Plesiopterys is an extinct genus of plesiosaur native to Germany.[1]
| Plesiopterys Temporal range: Early Jurassic,   | |
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| Skeletal reconstruction | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Reptilia | 
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia | 
| Order: | †Plesiosauria | 
| Family: | †Cryptoclididae | 
| Genus: | †Plesiopterys O'Keefe, 2004  | 
| Type species | |
| Plesiopterys wildi O'Keefe, 2004  | |
References
    
- Benson, R. B. J.; Evans, M.; Druckenmiller, P. S. (2012). Lalueza-Fox, Carles (ed.). "High Diversity, Low Disparity and Small Body Size in Plesiosaurs (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Triassic–Jurassic Boundary". PLOS ONE. 7 (3): e31838. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...731838B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031838. PMC 3306369. PMID 22438869.
 
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