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ANGUANAX
(an-gwa-naks)
meaning: "Anguana lord"
Anguanax
Named By: Andrea Cau & Federico Fanti in 2015
Time Period: Late Jurassic, 160 Ma
Location: Italy - Rosso Ammonitico Veronese Formation
Size: Roughly estimated to have been about 3-4 meters in length
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Fossil(s): Partial skull and partial post cranial skeletal remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Sauropterygia | Plesiosauria | Pliosauridae |
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Anguanax is an extinct genus of basal pliosaurid known from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian stage) Rosso Ammonitico Veronese Formation of northern Italy. It contains a single species, Anguanax zignoi, known from a partially complete individual, representing the first articulated skeleton of an Italian plesiosaurian.

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