Zarafasaura oceanis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Plesiosauroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Superordo: †Sauropterygia Ordo: †Plesiosauria Subordo: Plesiosauroidea

Familia: †Elasmosauridae
Genus: †Zarafasaura
Species: †Zarafasaura oceanis

Name

• †Zarafasaura oceanis Vincent, Bardet, Suberbiola, Bouya, Amaghzaz & Meslouh, 2011: 1064

Holotype: OCP-DEK/GE 315, an incomplete dorsoventrally crushed skull and associated mandible.

Type locality and horizon: “Sidi Daoui area, near Oued Zem city northeastern part of the Oulad Abdoun Basin, Morocco. Upper CIII level, Upper Maastrichtian, Upper Cretaceous.”

References

Primary references

• Vincent, P., Bardet, N., Suberbiola, X.P., Bouya, B., Amaghzaz, M. & Meslouh, S. 2011. Zarafasaura oceanis, a new elasmosaurid (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco and the palaeobiogeography of latest Cretaceous plesiosaurs. Gondwana Research 19(4): 1062–1073. DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.10.005 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Lomax, D.R. & Wahl, W.R. 2013. A new specimen of the elasmosaurid plesiosaur Zarafasaura oceanis from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Morocco. Paludicola 9(2): 97–109.

Links

• i – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.