Plesiopharos
Plesiopharos (derived from the Greek words πλησίος (plesios), "close" and φάρος (pharos), "lighthouse", because its holotype was found in the vicinity of a lighthouse + [from São Pedro de] Moel) is an extinct plesiosaur that lived in what is now Portugal, in the Early Jurassic. Specifically, it was discovered in São Pedro de Moel, Marinha Grande, from which the type species' binomial name, Plesiopharos moelensis, derives from.
| Plesiopharos Temporal range: Early Jurassic, | |
|---|---|
| Fossils | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Superfamily: | †Plesiosauroidea (?) |
| Genus: | †Plesiopharos Puértolas-Pascual et al., 2021 |
| Species: | †P. moelensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Plesiopharos moelensis Puértolas-Pascual et al., 2021 | |
At the time of its publication (2021), this plesiosaur was the most complete and oldest known from the Iberian Peninsula.
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