Lindwurmia
Lindwurmia (named after the Lindwurm) is a rhomaleosaurid plesiosaur from the Early Jurassic of Germany. It contains a single species, Lindwurmia thiuda. It was a small plesiosaur, measuring 2 to 3 m (6.6 to 9.8 ft) long and weighing 90 kg (200 lb).[1][2] The holotype consists of a single incomplete skeleton comprising the anterior part of the jaws, 69 vertebrae, partial pectoral and pelvic girdles and partial right fore and hind limbs.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Family: | †Rhomaleosauridae |
| Genus: | †Lindwurmia Vincent and Storrs, 2019 |
| Species: | †L. thiuda |
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| †Lindwurmia thiuda Vincent and Storrs, 2019 | |
References
- Vincent, Peggy; Storrs, Glenn W. (2019-01-28). "Lindwurmia, a new genus of Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the earliest Jurassic of Halberstadt, northwest Germany". The Science of Nature. 106 (1): 5. Bibcode:2019SciNa.106....5V. doi:10.1007/s00114-018-1600-y. ISSN 1432-1904. PMID 30689058. S2CID 59304744.
- Paul, Gregory S. (2022). The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Sea Reptiles. Princeton University Press. p. 93. ISBN 9780691193809.
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