Macroplata tenuiceps Swinton 1930 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Rhomaleosauridae

Belongs to Macroplata according to H. F. Ketchum and A. S. Smith 2010

See also O'Keefe 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH R5488, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Harbury Cement Works, Leamington Spa (owned by Greaves, Bull, and Lakin), which is in a Hettangian carbonate limestone in the Blue Lias Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Harbury Cement Works, Leamington Spa (owned by Greaves, Bull, and Lakin)

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