Clarazia
Temporal range: Middle Triassic, 247.2–235.0 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: †Thalattosauria
Superfamily: †Thalattosauroidea
Genus: †Clarazia
Peyer, 1936
Type species
Clarazia schinzi
Peyer, 1936

Clarazia is an extinct genus of thalattosaur from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio in Switzerland. It is represented by a single type species, Clarazia schinzi, which was named in 1936.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Peyer, B. (1936). Die Triasfauna der Tessiner Kalkalpen. X. Clarazia schinzi nov. gen. nov. spec. Abhandlungen der Schweizerischen Pala¨ontologischen Gesellschaft, 57, 1–61.
  2. ^ Rieppel, O. (1987). "Clarazia and Hescheleria: a re-investigation of two problematical reptiles from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland)". Palaeontographica Abteilung A. A195 (4–6): 101–129.
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