Arminisaurus Sachs and Kear 2017 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae

Full reference: S. Sachs and B. P. Kear. 2017. A rare new Pliensbachian plesiosaurian from the Amaltheenton Formation of Bielefeld in northwestern Germany. Alcheringa

Parent taxon: Pliosauridae according to S. Sachs and B. P. Kear 2017

Sister taxa: Acostasaurus, Anguanax, Attenborosaurus, Cryonectes, Hauffiosaurus, Marmornectes, Pachycostasaurus, Pliosaurus aequalis, Pliosaurus evansi, Polyptchodon, Simolestinae, Sinopliosaurus, Stenorhynchosaurus, Strongylokrotaphus, Thalassiodracon, Thalassophonea

Subtaxa: Arminisaurus schuberti

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Type: Arminisaurus schuberti

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bielefeld, type locality of Arminisaurus schuberti (Jurassic of Germany)

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