Manemergus
{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}}
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| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Turonian|Turonian|Turonian}}
| image = Manemergus anguirostris 5445.jpg
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| image_caption = Skeleton
| taxon = Manemergus
| authority = Buchy et al., 2005
| type_species = Manemergus anguirostris
| type_species_authority = Buchy et al., 2005
}}
File:Manemergus anguirostris skull.jpg
File:Manemergus anguirostris.png]]
Manemergus is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Morocco. Manemergus was described in 2005 and contains only one species, M. anguirostris. The type specimen was discovered close to the town of Goulmima (Tizi-n-Imnayen) in Morocco's High Atlas mountains, in the same locality as another polycotylid, Thililua, was discovered.
See also
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References
- Buchy, MC, Metayer, F, Frey, E, 2005. Osteology of Manemergus anguirostris n. gen. et sp., a new plesiosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco. Palaeontographica Abteilung A-Palaozoologie-Stratigraphie 272 (5-6): 97–120. (Abstract)
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Category:Late Cretaceous plesiosaurs
Category:Plesiosaurs of Africa
Category:Sauropterygian genera
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