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MEYERASAURUS
(my-er-sore-us)
meaning: "Meyer's lizard"
Meyerasaurus
Named By: Adam S. Smith and Peggy Vincent in 2010
Time Period: Early Jurassic, 183-180 Ma
Location: Germany
Size: 3.35 meters long, skull 37 centimetres long
Diet: Piscivore
Fossil(s): Complete and articulated skeleton with skull that is in ventral view (the underside)
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Sauropterygia | Plesiosauria | Pliosauroidea | Rhomaleosauridae |
Also known as: | Eurycleidus victor | Plesiosaurus victor | Rhomaleosaurus victor | Thaumatosaurus victor |
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Meyerasaurus is an extinct genus of rhomaleosaurid known from Holzmaden, Baden-Wurttemberg of southeastern Germany.

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