Abyssosaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abyssosaurus is an extinct genus of cryptoclidid[1] plesiosaur known from the Early Cretaceous of Chuvash Republic, western Russia. It possessed a shortened skull, and it has been suggested that it primarily inhabited the bathyal zone.[2]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Cryptoclididae |
Genus: | †Abyssosaurus Berezin, 2011 |
Type species | |
†Abyssosaurus nataliae Berezin, 2011 |
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