Another reptile groupPlesiosaur · PliosaurCarnivore
Hauffiosaurus
Sea reptiles that swam with four large flippers, many with very long necks. Pliosaurs are a branch of the group with short necks and big heads, the top predators of their seas.
Who it is related to: Part of the Sauropterygia, a branch of reptiles separate from the dinosaurs.
This page has only the scientific data from the databases; there is no hand-written description yet.
Scientific details
- Group
- Plesiosaurs (Pliosaur)
- Family
- Pliosauridae
- When it lived
- 174.7–184.2 million years ago
- Geologic stages
- Toarcian
- Named by
- O'Keefe, 2001
- Fossil occurrences
- 4 sites
Countries with fossils
- Germany
- United Kingdom
Data from Paleobiology Database and Wikidata