Franconiasaurus information

Franconiasaurus; Temporal range: Early Jurassic; (late Toarcian), ~175 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Holotype specimen of Franconiasaurus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Order:	†Plesiosauria
Superfamily:	†Plesiosauroidea
Genus:	†Franconiasaurus
Species:	†F. brevispinus
Binomial name
	†Franconiasaurus brevispinus; Sachs, Eggmaier & Madzia, 2024

Franconiasaurus (meaning "Franconia reptile") is an extinct genus of basal plesiosauroid plesiosaurs from the Early Jurassic of Germany. The genus contains a single species, F. brevispinus, known from two well-preserved three-dimensional skeletons.^[1]

^ Sachs, Sven; Eggmaier, Stefan; Madzia, Daniel (2024-02-16). "Exquisite skeletons of a new transitional plesiosaur fill gap in the evolutionary history of plesiosauroids". Frontiers in Earth Science. 12. Bibcode:2024FrEaS..1241470S. doi:10.3389/feart.2024.1341470.

[Franconiasaurus-1] Sachs, Sven; Eggmaier, Stefan; Madzia, Daniel (2024-02-16). "Exquisite skeletons of a new transitional plesiosaur fill gap in the evolutionary history of plesiosauroids". Frontiers in Earth Science. 12. Bibcode:2024FrEaS..1241470S. doi:10.3389/feart.2024.1341470.

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Franconiasaurus Temporal range: Early Jurassic (late Toarcian), ~175 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

Holotype specimen of Franconiasaurus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Order:	†Plesiosauria
Superfamily:	†Plesiosauroidea
Genus:	†Franconiasaurus
Species:	†F. brevispinus
Binomial name
†Franconiasaurus brevispinus Sachs, Eggmaier & Madzia, 2024