Alexeyisaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Extinct genus of reptiles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alexeyisaurus is an extinct genus of possible plesiosaur known from the upper Triassic (lower-middle Norian age) of Wilczek Formation, Wilczek Land, of Franz Josef Land, Russia.[1] It was first named by A. G. Sennikov and M. S. Arkhangelsky in 2010 and the type species is Alexeyisaurus karnoushenkoi.[1] While considered an elasmosaur in the initial publication It has been described as a "partial, poorly preserved, and undiagnostic sauropterygian skeleton" in subsequent publications.[2]
Alexeyisaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic, | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Genus: | †Alexeyisaurus Sennikov & Arkhangelsky, 2010 |
Species: | †A. karnoushenkoi |
Binomial name | |
†Alexeyisaurus karnoushenkoi Sennikov & Arkhangelsky, 2010 | |
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