Eretmosaurus rugosus Owen 1840 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria

Alternative combination: Plesiosaurus rugosus

Full reference: R. Owen. 1840. Report on British fossil reptiles. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 8:43-126

Belongs to Eretmosaurus according to R. B. J. Benson et al. 2012

See also Delair 1960, Kuhn 1971, Lydekker 1889, Mantell 1851, Owen 1840, Owen 1865, Persson 1963, Seeley 1874, Swinton 1948 and Tate and Blake 1876

Sister taxon: Eretmosaurus dubius

Type specimen: BMNH 14435, a set of postcrania (postcranial skeleton). Its type locality is near Granby, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at near Granby

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