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Kronosaurus boyacensis

Species

K. boyacensis

Author

Hampe, 1992

Classification

Sauropterygia
Eosauropterygia
Eusauropterygia
Pistosauroidea
Pistosauria
Plesiosauria
Pliosauroidea
Pliosauridae
Kronosaurus

Age

Upper Aptian

Type location

Vereda Monquirá, about 5km WNW of Villa de Leyva, Boyacá Province, Colombia

Geological formation

Paja Formation (Section 5)

Type specimen

"El Fosil" (See Hampe, 1992)

Referred material

None

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