Pachystropheus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pachystropheus (After Greek Pachys, "Thick" and Strophaios, Vertebrae) is a genus of prehistoric thalattosaurian marine reptile, from the Rhaetian (Late Triassic) of southwestern England. It is the youngest known thalattosaur.
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Pachystropheus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Thalattosauria |
Genus: | †Pachystropheus von Huene, 1935 |
Species: | †P. rhaeticus |
Binomial name | |
†Pachystropheus rhaeticus von Huene, 1935 | |
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