†Liopleurodon ferox Sauvage 1873 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae

Alternative combinations: Pliosaurus ferox, Polyptychodon ferox

Synonym: Thaumatosaurus mosquensis Kiprijanoff 1883

Full reference: H.-E. Sauvage. 1873. Notes sur les reptiles fossiles. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, série 3 1:365-386

Belongs to Liopleurodon according to F. R. O'Keefe 2001

See also Andrews 1913, Delair 1960, Lydekker 1889, Swinton 1934 and Tarlo 1960

Sister taxon: Liopleurodon pachydeirus

Type specimens:

  • Liopleurodon ferox: BMNH R3536, a tooth. Its type locality is Le Wast, which is in a Callovian marine horizon in the Oxford Clay Formation of France.
  • Thaumatosaurus mosquensis:

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (3 collections), the United Kingdom (5)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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