Lindwurmia thiuda Vincent and Storrs 2019 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria

Full reference: P. Vincent and G. W. Storrs. 2019. Lindwurmia, a new genus of Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the earliest Jurassic of Halberstadt, northwest Germany. The Science of Nature 106(5)

Belongs to Lindwurmia according to P. Vincent and G. W. Storrs 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMH uncatalogued, a partial skeleton (An incomplete skeleton including a partial skull preserving the anterior skull roof and palate, and part of the mandible, 69 vertebrae, partial pectoral and pel). Its type locality is Lindwurmia-type locality, which is in a Hettangian marine horizon in Germany.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lindwurmia-type locality

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