Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Rhomaleosauridae
Alternative combinations: Plesiosaurus cramptoni, Thaumatosaurus cramptoni
Belongs to Rhomaleosaurus according to A. S. Smith and G. J. Dyke 2008
See also Andrews 1922, Cruickshank 1994, Cruickshank 1996, Lydekker 1889, O'Keefe 2001, Seeley 1865, Seeley 1874, Swinton 1934, Tate and Blake 1876 and Watson 1909
Sister taxa: Rhomaleosaurus megacephalus, Rhomaleosaurus zetlandicus
Type specimen: NMING F8785, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is alum quarry, Kettleness, which is in a Toarcian offshore shale in the Whitby Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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