Clarazia

Clarazia; Temporal range: Middle Triassic, 247.2–235.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	† Thalattosauria
Superfamily:	† Thalattosauroidea
Genus:	† Clarazia ; Peyer, 1936
Type species
	Clarazia schinzi; Peyer, 1936

Last updated July 29, 2025

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

↑ Peyer, B. (1936). Die Triasfauna der Tessiner Kalkalpen. X. Clarazia schinzi nov. gen. nov. spec. Abhandlungen der Schweizerischen Pala¨ontologischen Gesellschaft, 57, 1–61.
↑ 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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[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.

[OR87-2] 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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