Manemergus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Turonian|Turonian|Turonian}}

| image = Manemergus anguirostris 5445.jpg

| image_upright = 1.15

| 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

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)

{{Sauropterygia|Plesiosauroidea}}

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Category:Late Cretaceous plesiosaurs

Category:Fossils of Morocco

Category:Plesiosaurs of Africa

Category:Polycotylidae

Category:Sauropterygian genera

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