Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Rhomaleosauridae
Alternative combinations: Plesiosaurus arcuatus, Thaumatosaurus arcuatus
Full reference: R. Owen. 1840. Report on British fossil reptiles. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 8:43-126
Belongs to Eurycleidus according to F. R. O'Keefe 2001
See also Andrews 1922, Cruickshank 1994, Lydekker 1889, Mantell 1851 and Owen 1840
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BMNH 2030 (lectotype), 2027-2029, 2047, 2061, R1317-1319 (paralectotypes, probably belonging to the same individual), a partial skeleton (most of a single skeleton). Its type locality is Street (general), which is in a Hettangian shallow subtidal limestone/shale in the Blue Lias Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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