Full reference: F. R. O'Keefe. 2004. Preliminary description and phylogenetic position of a new plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Toarcian of Holzmaden, Germany. Journal of Paleontology 78(5):973-988
Parent taxon: Plesiosauroidea according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2014
See also Benson et al. 2012, Grossmann 2007 and O'Keefe 2004
Sister taxa: Cimoliosaurus limnophilus, Cryptoclidia, Cryptoclididae, Elasmosauridae, Euplesiosauria, Franconiasaurus, Leptocleidia, Microcleididae, Opallionectes, Plesiopharos, Plesiosauridae, Plesiosaurus, Polycotylidae, Sthenarosaurus, Westphaliasaurus
Subtaxa: Plesiopterys wildi
Type: Plesiopterys wildi
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Posidonien-Schiefer, Ohlmden, Holzmaden (Jurassic of Germany)
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