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| Pleurosaurus Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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| P. sp., National Taiwan Museum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Rhynchocephalia |
| Family: | †Pleurosauridae |
| Genus: | †Pleurosaurus Meyer, 1831 |
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| †Pleurosaurus goldfussi Meyer, 1831
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Pleurosaurus (from Greek: πλευρᾱ́ pleurā́, 'rib' or 'side' and Greek: σαῦρος saûros, 'lizard') is an extinct genus of aquatic reptiles belonging to the order Rhynchocephalia. Pleurosaurus fossils have primarily been discovered in the Solnhofen Limestone of Bavaria, Germany and the Canjuers lagerstatte near Canjuers, France, both dating to the Late Jurassic. It contains two species, P. goldfussi and P. ginsburgi.[1]