Hydrorion

Hydrorion (meaning 'water hunter') is a genus of plesiosaur from the Toarcian Age of the Lower Jurassic. It is only known from multiple specimens, all discovered in the Posidonia Shale of southwestern Germany. The only species of Hydrorion is H. brachypterygius, which was originally described as a species of Plesiosaurus.[2]

Hydrorion
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, Toarcian
Skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sauropsida
Superorder:
Sauropterygia
Order:
Plesiosauria
Family:
Microcleididae[1]
Genus:
Hydrorion

Großmann, 2007
Type species
†Hydrorion brachypterygius
Restoration

See also

References
  1. Ketchum HF, Benson RBJ. Global interrelationships of Plesiosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) and the pivotal role of taxon sampling in determining the outcome of phylogenetic analyses. Biological Reviews
  2. Großmann, F (2007). "The taxonomic and phylogenetic position of the pleisiosauroidea from the Lower Jurassic Posidonia shale of south-west Germany". Palaeontology. 50 (3): 545–564.


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