Pleurosauridae

Pleurosaurids Temporal range: Early Jurassic - Late Jurassic, 183–150.8 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Life restoration of Pleurosaurus goldfussi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Rhynchocephalia
Suborder:	Sphenodontia
Family:	†Pleurosauridae Lydekker, 1888
Genera
†Palaeopleurosaurus †Pleurosaurus

Pleurosauridae is a family of extinct marine diapsid reptiles belonging to the group Sphenodontia. Fossils from this family have been discovered in Bavaria, Germany from the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) and Tithonian (Late Jurassic).