Leurospondylus
Sign in to saveLeurospondylus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Canada whose family is currently disputed, but is suggested to be Elasmosauridae.
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It is catalogued under topics including Elasmosauridae, Enigmatic plesiosaur taxa and Fossil taxa described in 1913.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Elasmosauridae
- Image
- Leurospondylus.jpg
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- taxon name
- Leurospondylus
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Leurospondylus
- start time
- 70000000-0
- location of discovery
- Red Deer River
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Leurospondylus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Canada whose family is currently disputed, but is suggested to be Elasmosauridae.
==Etymology== The name Leurospondylus comes from a fusion of two Greek words, leuros (λευρός) meaning "even", "flat" or "smooth", and spondylos (σπόνδυλος) meaning "vertebra." The specific name of the type species L. ultimus comes from the Latin ultimus meaning "last." It was so named because this genus was the latest known occurrence of a fossil plesiosaur when it was described in 1913."
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