Prosantosaurus
Prosantosaurus is a monotypic genus of pachypleurosaurian sauropterygian containing the single species Prosantosaurus scheffoldi discovered in Canton Grison of Switzerland. The genus is named after the Prosanto Formation near the Ducan mountains, where the skeletons were found, and the species for Beat Scheffold, a scientific illustrator from Zurich who contributed prominently to the research of the Triassic marine reptiles.
| Prosantosaurus Temporal range: | |
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| Holotype specimen (PIMUZ A/III 1274) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Genus: | †Prosantosaurus Klein et al., 2022 |
| Species: | †P. scheffoldi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Prosantosaurus scheffoldi Klein et al., 2022 | |
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