Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Full reference: F. R. O'Keefe. 2001. A cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision of the Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia). Acta Zoologica Fennica 213:1-63
Parent taxon: Pliosauridae according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2014
See also Benson et al. 2012, Benson et al. 2011, Ketchum and Benson 2010, Ketchum and Benson 2011, O'Keefe 2001 and Vincent 2011
Sister taxa: Acostasaurus, Anguanax, Arminisaurus, Attenborosaurus, Cryonectes, Marmornectes, Pachycostasaurus, Pliosaurus aequalis, Pliosaurus evansi, Polyptchodon, Simolestinae, Sinopliosaurus, Stenorhynchosaurus, Strongylokrotaphus, Thalassiodracon, Thalassophonea
Subtaxa: Hauffiosaurus longirostris Hauffiosaurus tomistomimus Hauffiosaurus zanoni
Type: Hauffiosaurus zanoni
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (1 collection), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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