Clarazia
Appearance
| Clarazia Temporal range: Middle Triassic, | |
|---|---|
| C. schinzi fossil at the Natural History Museum of the University of Zurich | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Thalattosauria |
| Superfamily: | †Thalattosauroidea |
| Genus: | †Clarazia Peyer, 1936 |
| Type species | |
| Clarazia schinzi Peyer, 1936 | |
Clarazia is an extinct genus of thalattosaur from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio in Switzerland. It is represented by a single type species, Clarazia schinzi, which was named in 1936.[1][2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Peyer, Bernhard (1936). "Die Triasfauna der Tessiner Kalkalpen. X. Clarazia schinzi nov. gen. nov. spec". Abhandlungen der Schweizerischen Paläontologischen Gesellschaft (57): 1–61.
- ↑ Rieppel, Olivier (1987). "Clarazia and Hescheleria: a re-investigation of two problematical reptiles from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland)". Palaeontographica Abteilung A. A195 (4–6): 101–129.
External links
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