Plesiosaurus hesternus Welles 1953 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria

Full reference: S. P. Welles. 1953. Jurassic plesiosaur vertebrae from California. Journal of Paleontology 27(5):743-744

Belongs to Plesiosaurus according to S. P. Welles 1953

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

Type specimen: UCMP 41599, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Oakley Ranch (UCMP V4958), which is in a Tithonian marine shale in the "Franciscan-Knoxville shales" Formation of California.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Oakley Ranch (UCMP V4958)

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