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Palaeopleurosaurus Fossil range: Early Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Sphenodontia
Family:	Pleurosauridae
Genus:	Palaeopleurosaurus
Binomial name
Palaeopleurosaurus posidoniae

Palaeopleurosaurus is an extinct genus of diapsid reptile belonging to the Order Sphenodontia.

Palaeoleurosaurus fossils were discovered in Bavaria, Germany from Toarcian (Early Jurassic) deposits. It is the one of the few known aquatic sphenodontians.

[edit] References

• In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods by Nicholas C. Fraser and Hans-Dieter Sues

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