Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Full reference: R. B. J. Benson, M. Evans, A. S. Smith, J. Sassoon, S. Moore-Faye, H. F. Ketchum, and R. Forrest. 2013. A giant pliosaurid skull from the Late Jurassic of England. PLoS ONE 8(5):e65989
Belongs to Pliosaurus according to R. B. J. Benson et al. 2013
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 rossicus
Type specimen: BRSMG Cc332, a partial skeleton (, a skull and postcranial fragments). Its type locality is Westbury claypit (Lafarge cement works) E5, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine claystone in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Westbury claypit (Lafarge cement works) E5
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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