Stratesaurus
| Stratesaurus Temporal range: Early Jurassic,
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| Holotype of Stratesaurus taylori | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Family: | †Rhomaleosauridae |
| Genus: | †Stratesaurus Benson, Evans & Druckenmiller, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| †Stratesaurus taylori Benson, Evans & Druckenmiller, 2012
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Stratesaurus is an extinct genus of small-bodied basal plesiosaur known from the Early Jurassic period (most likely earliest Hettangian stage) of the United Kingdom. It contains a single species, S. taylori. It was a small plesiosaur, with a skull length of 18 cm (7.1 in) and a body length of 2 m (6.6 ft).