Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Alternative combinations: Macroplata longirostris, Plesiosaurus longirostris, Rhomaleosaurus longirostris
Full reference: R. Tate and J. F. Blake. 1876. The Yorkshire Lias 1-475
Belongs to Hauffiosaurus according to R. B. J. Benson et al. 2011
See also O'Keefe 2001, Tate and Blake 1876, Watson 1909 and White 1940
Sister taxa: Hauffiosaurus tomistomimus, Hauffiosaurus zanoni
Type specimen: MCZ 1033, a skeleton. Its type locality is 'Alum Shale' (Harpoceras falciferum), Whitby-Saltwick section, Yorkshire, which is in a Falciferum marine shale in the Whitby Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.
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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