†Kimmerosaurus langhami Brown 1981 (plesiosaur)
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Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Cryptoclididae
Full reference: D. S. Brown. 1981. The English Upper Jurassic Plesiosauroidea (Reptilia) and a review of the phylogeny and classification of the Plesiosauria. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 35(4):253-347
Belongs to Kimmerosaurus according to Z. Gasparini et al. 2002
See also Brown 1981 and O'Keefe 2001
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BMNH R8431, a partial skull. Its type locality is Endcombe Bay, which is in a Tithonian marine shale in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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