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Brancasaurus

Genus

Brancasaurus

Author

Wegner, 1914

Classification

Sauropterygia
Eosauropterygia
Eusauropterygia
Pistosauroidea
Pistosauria
Plesiosauria
Pliosauroidea

Age

Under construction

Location

Under construction

Type species

B. brancai

Other species

-

Referred material

-

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