Pachystropheus

Pachystropheus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: †Thalattosauria
Genus: †Pachystropheus
von Huene, 1935
Species:
†P. rhaeticus
Binomial name
†Pachystropheus rhaeticus
von Huene, 1935

Pachystropheus (After Greek Pachys, "Thick" and Strophaios, Vertebrae) is a genus of prehistoric thalattosaurian marine reptile, from the Rhaetian (Late Triassic) of southwestern England. It is the youngest known thalattosaur.

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