Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Alternative combination: Liopleurodon rossicus
Full reference: N. I. Novozhilov. 1948. Two new pliosaurs from the lower Volgian tier of the Volga region (right bank). Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 60:115-118
Belongs to Pliosaurus according to R. B. J. Benson et al. 2013
See also Bardet et al. 1993, Halstead 1971, Knutsen 2012, Malakhov 1999, Novozhilov 1948, Storrs et al. 2000 and Tarlo 1960
Sister taxa: Cetiosaurus rigauxi, Pleiosaurus macromerus, Plesiosaurus giganteus, Pliosaurus almanzaensis, Pliosaurus andrewsi, Pliosaurus brachydeirus, Pliosaurus carpenteri, Pliosaurus funkei, Pliosaurus gamma, Pliosaurus grandis, Pliosaurus grossouvrei, Pliosaurus irgisensis, Pliosaurus kevani, Pliosaurus patagonicus, Pliosaurus portentificus, Pliosaurus westburyensis
Type specimen: PIN 304, a partial skeleton (most of a skull and a partial scapulocoracoid)
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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