Stenorhynchosaurus
Stenorhynchosaurus is an extinct genus of pliosaurid plesiosaurs which lived in the Early Cretaceous of South America. The type species and only known is Stenorhynchosaurus munozi.
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Stenorhynchosaurus is an extinct genus of pliosaurid plesiosaurs which lived in the Early Cretaceous of South America. The type species and only known is Stenorhynchosaurus munozi.
== Etymology == The genus name is derived from the Greek words stenos, "narrow"; rhynchos, "snout" and sauros, "lizard", while the specific name munozi is in recognition of Jorge Muñoz by discover and report the fossil.
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Altiplano CundiboyacenseBarremian lifeCretaceous ColombiaEarly Cretaceous plesiosaursEarly Cretaceous reptiles of South AmericaFossils of ColombiaFossil taxa described in 2016Paja FormationPliosauridaeReptiles described in 2016Sauropterygian generaTaxa named by María PáramoTaxonbars of monotypic genera missing species on Wikidata