Named By: | Friedrich von Huene in1936 |
Time Period: | Middle Triassic, 246 Ma |
Location: | Europe |
Size: | Uncertain |
Diet: | Shellfish |
Fossil(s): | Partial post cranial skeleton, Skull is unknown |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Sauropterygia | Placodontia | |
Saurosphargis is an extinct genus of a basal marine reptile, saurosphargid, known from the Middle Triassic (Anisian age) of southwestern Poland and eastern Netherlands. It contains a single species, Saurosphargis volzi.