Simoedosaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Simoedosaurus is an extinct reptile known from the Paleocene of North America, Europe and western Asia,[1] and a member of the Choristodera, a group of aquatic reptiles that lived in the Northern Hemisphere from the Jurassic to the early Cenozoic.
Quick Facts Simoedosaurus Temporal range: Paleocene-Eocene, Scientific classification ...
Simoedosaurus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Choristodera |
Suborder: | †Neochoristodera |
Genus: | †Simoedosaurus Gervais, 1877 |
Type species | |
†Simoedosaurus lemoinei Gervais, 1877 |
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A second species, S. dakotensis got its own genus, Kosmodraco, in 2022.[2]