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SAUROSPHARGIS
(sore-roe-far-gis)
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 |
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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.

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