Plesiosaurus subconcavus Duff 1842 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria

Full reference: P. Duff. 1842. Sketch of the Geology of Moray 1-72

Belongs to Plesiosaurus according to P. Duff 1842

Sister taxa: Plesiosaurus bavaricus, Plesiosaurus bitractensis, Plesiosaurus carinatus, Plesiosaurus cliduchus, Plesiosaurus coelospondylus, Plesiosaurus costatus, Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus, Plesiosaurus elasmosaurus, Plesiosaurus exarsostinus, Plesiosaurus grandis, Plesiosaurus hesternus, Plesiosaurus houzeaui, Plesiosaurus macrocephalus, Plesiosaurus macrodeirus, Plesiosaurus mexicanus, Plesiosaurus nitidus, Plesiosaurus platydeirus, Plesiosaurus priscus, Plesiosaurus rostratus, Plesiosaurus subtrigonus, Plesiosaurus tessarestarsostinus, Plesiosaurus trigonus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Linksfield, which is in a Jurassic marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the United Kingdom

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Linksfield

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