Cimoliosaurus magnus Leidy 1851 (elasmosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1851. [Descriptions of a number of fossil reptiles and mammals] . Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5:325-328

Belongs to Cimoliosaurus according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Cope 1869, Hay 1902, Lambe 1902, Leidy 1851, Lydekker 1889, O'Keefe and Street 2009, Persson 1963, Welles 1943, Welles 1962, Williston 1903 and Williston 1906

Sister taxa: Brimosaurus grandis, Cimoliasaurus brevior, Cimoliasaurus maccoyi, Cimoliasaurus magnus, Cimoliosaurus laramiensis, Cimoliosaurus snowii

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cimoliosaurus magnus in the database

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