Maresaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) Los Molles Formation of Argentina. The type species, Maresaurus coccai, was named by Gasparini in 1997. Recent phylogenetic analysis found Maresaurus to be a rhomaleosaurid.

See also

• List of plesiosaur genera

• Timeline of plesiosaur research

References

External links

• Smith, Adam S. and Dyke, Gareth J. (2008) "The skull of the giant predatory pliosaur . Naturwissenschaften.

• http://plesiosauria.com/maresaurus from the Plesiosaur Directory