Pantosaurus

Name: Pantosaurus ‭(‬All lizard‭)‬.
Phonetic: Pan-to-sor-us.
Named By: Othniel Charles Marsh‭ ‬-‭ ‬1893.
Synonyms: Parasaurus striatus.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Sauropterygia,‭ ‬Plesiosauria,‭ ‬Plesiosauriodea,‭ ‬Cryptoclididae.
Species: P.‭ ‬striatus‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Piscivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: USA,‭ ‬Wyoming‭ ‬-‭ ‬Sundance Formation.
Time period: Oxfordian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of several individuals.

       Pantosaurus was originally described as Parasaurus,‭ ‬however this name had already been used to name a genus of Pareiasaur.‭ ‬Pantosaurus is a genus of plesiosaur that lived in North America during the late Jurassic.‭ ‬Pantosaurus has been noted as having a strong similarity to Muraenosaurus which is known from England and France,‭ ‬though there are clear differences in the humerus and radius‭ (‬two bones of the fore limb‭)‬.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Current taxonomic status of the plesiosaur Pantosaurus striatus from the Upper Jurassic Sundance Formation,‭ ‬Wyoming.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Paludicola‭ ‬4‭ (‬2‭)‬:‭ ‬37‭–‬46.‭ ‬-‭ ‬F.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬O’Keefe‭ & ‬W.‭ ‬Wahl‭ ‬-‭ ‬2003.



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