Arminisaurus
Name:
Arminisaurus
(Arminius lizard).
Phonetic: Ar-me-ni-sor-us.
Named By: S. Sachs & B Kear - 2017.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria, Pliosauridae.
Species: A. schuberti
(type).
Diet: Piscivore.
Size: Estimated between 3 to 4 meters long.
Known locations: Germany.
Time period: Pliensbachian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial skeleton.
Arminisaurus
is a genus of pliosaurid
plesiosaur that lived in Waters submerging
what is now Germany during the early Jurassic. Arminisaurus
is named
after Arminius, a Germanic tribal chieftain who commanded the
Germanic tribal alliance forces at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
in which The Roman Empire suffered a major defeat.
Further reading
- A rare new Pliensbachian
plesiosaurian from the Amaltheenton Formation of Bielefeld in
northwestern Germany". Alcheringa: 1–14. - S. Sachs
& B Kear - 2017.
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