Trinacromerum
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trinacromerum is an extinct genus of sauropterygian reptile, a member of the polycotylid plesiosaurs. It contains two species, T. bentonianum and T. kirki. Specimens have been discovered in the Late Cretaceous fossil deposits of what is now modern Kansas and Manitoba.[1]
Quick Facts Trinacromerum Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Scientific classification ...
Trinacromerum Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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Mounted T. kirki cast at the Royal Ontario Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Polycotylidae |
Genus: | †Trinacromerum Cragin, 1888 |
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