Biology:Pararcus
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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Placodontia |
| Genus: | †Pararcus Klein and Scheyer, 2013 |
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| Pararcus diepenbroeki Klein and Scheyer, 2013
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Pararcus is an extinct genus of placodont marine reptile from the Middle Triassic of the Netherlands. The genus is monotypic and the type species is Pararcus diepenbroeki. Pararcus is known from a holotype skeleton about 1.35 metres (4.4 ft) long from the Lower Muschelkalk of Winterswijk.[1]
References
- ↑ Klein, N.; Scheyer, T. (2013). "A new placodont sauropterygian from the Middle Triassic of the Netherlands". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. doi:10.4202/app.2012.0147. http://www.zora.uzh.ch/109389/1/app20120147.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q10862398 entry
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