Zarafasaura
Zarafasaura is an extinct genus of elasmosaurid known from the Oulad Abdoun Basin of Morocco. As a relatively small elasmosaur, it would have measured around 3–4 metres (9.8–13.1 ft) long and weighed about 100 kilograms (220 lb).
| Zarafasaura Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
|---|---|
| Mounted skeleton (above), Wyoming Dinosaur Center | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Family: | †Elasmosauridae |
| Genus: | †Zarafasaura Vincent et al., 2011 |
| Species: | †Z. oceanis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Zarafasaura oceanis Vincent et al., 2011 | |
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