Neptunidraco
Sign in to saveNeptunidraco (meaning "Neptune's dragon") is an extinct genus of metriorhynchid thalattosuchian that lived during the middle Jurassic period (late Bajocian to earliest Bathonian stage) in what is now northeastern Italy. It is currently the oldest known metriorhynchid, an extinct group of fully marine reptiles related to modern crocodylians.
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Vinony's link graph records 63 inbound references to Neptunidraco, and connects out to Metriorhynchidae, Dakosaurus and Italy.
Vinony files it under Fossils of Italy, Fossil taxa described in 2011 and Middle Jurassic crocodylomorphs.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Metriorhynchidae
- Image
- Neptunidraco NT.jpg
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- taxon name
- Neptunidraco
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Neptunidraco
- start time
- 167700000-
- end time
- 164700000-
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Neptunidraco (meaning "Neptune's dragon") is an extinct genus of metriorhynchid thalattosuchian that lived during the middle Jurassic period (late Bajocian to earliest Bathonian stage) in what is now northeastern Italy. It is currently the oldest known metriorhynchid, an extinct group of fully marine reptiles related to modern crocodylians.
==History and Taxonomy==
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