Boyacasaurus
| Boyacasaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pliosauroidea |
| Family: | †Pliosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Brachaucheninae |
| Genus: | †Boyacasaurus Benavides-Cabra et al., 2025 |
| Species: | †B. sumercei
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| Binomial name | |
| †Boyacasaurus sumercei Benavides-Cabra et al., 2025
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Boyacasaurus (meaning "Boyacá lizard") is an extinct genus of pliosaurid plesiosaurs known from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian age) Paja Formation of Colombia. The genus contains a single species, Boyacasaurus sumercei, known from two fragmentary skulls, both associated with postcranial elements.