Vinialesaurus caroli
Diagnosis
skull with lateral supraorbital process on the frontal; large external nares and orbits; small vertical jugal; vomer anteriorly rounded; anterior interpterygoid vacuities lacking; large double external nares divided by maxilliary-vomer bar; reduced tooth ornamentation
Etymology
From Vinales, the town in western Cuba in which area the fossil was found, and sauros, lizard
Fossils
 
Catalogue No
Collection
Specimen
Age
Oxfordian (Stage/Age)
Rock Unit
Jagua Formation
Locality
ViƱales
 
ID record for MNHNH P73.003008
Vinialesaurus caroli
Holotype
Gasparini, Zulma Brandoni de et. al. (2002) A new Cryptoclidid Plesiosaur from the Oxfordian (late Jurassic) of Cuba; Geobios, 35, pp.201-211