Rhaeticosaurus
Rhaeticosaurus (meaning 'Rhaetian lizard') is an extinct genus of basal pliosauroid from the Late Triassic (Rhaetian) rocks of the Exter Formation. The type and only species, R. mertensi, was named by Wintrich et al. in 2017. It is known from a partial articulated skeleton.
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| Genus: | †Rhaeticosaurus Wintrich et al., 2017 |
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| †Rhaeticosaurus mertensi Wintrich et al., 2017 | |
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