Pleurosauridae
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| Pleurosauridae Temporal range: Early - Late Jurassic |
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| Pleurosaurus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Sphenodontia |
| Family: | Pleurosauridae |
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Pleurosauridae is a family of extinct marine diapsid reptiles belonging to the Order Sphenodontia.
Fossils from this family have been discovered in Bavaria, Germany from the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) and Tithonian (Late Jurassic).
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