''Manemergus'' is a genus of

polycotylid Polycotylidae is a family of plesiosaurs from the Cretaceous, a sister group to Leptocleididae. Polycotylids first appeared during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous, before becoming abundant and widespread during the early Late Cretaceous. ...

plesiosaur The Plesiosauria (; Greek: πλησίος, ''plesios'', meaning "near to" and ''sauros'', meaning "lizard") or plesiosaurs are an order or clade of extinct Mesozoic marine reptiles, belonging to the Sauropterygia. Plesiosaurs first appeared ...

from the Late Cretaceous ( Turonian) of Morocco. ''Manemergus'' was described in 2005 and contains only one species, ''M. anguirostris''. The type specimen was discovered close to the town of

Goulmima Goulmima () is a town in Morocco situated in the province of Errachidia, in the region of Drâa-Tafilalet. An agricultural oasis, it is fed by the Wadi Gheris from the central High Atlas mountains. Like other settlements in Tafilalet, it was bu ...

(Tizi-n-Imnayen) in Morocco's High Atlas mountains, in the same locality as another polycotylid, ''

Thililua ''Thililua'' is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur, containing one species, ''T. longicollis''. Discovery The name ''Thililua'' is derived from that of an ancient aquatic god from local Berber mythology; ''longicollis'' refers to the animal's lo ...

'', was discovered.

References

*Buchy, MC, Metayer, F, Frey, E, 2005. Osteology of ''Manemergus anguirostris'' n. gen. et sp., a new plesiosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco. Palaeontographica Abteilung A-Palaozoologie-Stratigraphie 272 (5-6): 97–120. (Abstract) Late Cretaceous plesiosaurs Fossils of Morocco Plesiosaurs of Africa Polycotylids Sauropterygian genera {{plesiosaur-stub

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