Manemergus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Superorder: | Sauropterygia |
Order: | Plesiosauria |
Suborder: | Plesiosauroidea |
Family: | Polycotylidae |
Genus: | Manemergus |
Species: | M. anguirostris |
Binomial name | |
Manemergus anguirostris |
Manemergus is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Morocco. Manemergus was described in 2005 and contains only one species, M. anguirostris. The type specimen was discovered close to the town of Goulmima (Tizi-n-Imnayen) in Morocco's High Atlas mountains, in the same locality as another polycotylid, Thililua, was discovered.