Belongs to Plesiosaurus according to O. P. Hay 1930
Sister taxa: Plesiosaurus bavaricus, Plesiosaurus bitractensis, Plesiosaurus carinatus, Plesiosaurus cliduchus, Plesiosaurus coelospondylus, Plesiosaurus costatus, Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus, Plesiosaurus elasmosaurus, Plesiosaurus exarsostinus, Plesiosaurus grandis, Plesiosaurus hesternus, Plesiosaurus houzeaui, Plesiosaurus macrocephalus, Plesiosaurus macrodeirus, Plesiosaurus nitidus, Plesiosaurus platydeirus, Plesiosaurus priscus, Plesiosaurus rostratus, Plesiosaurus subconcavus, Plesiosaurus subtrigonus, Plesiosaurus tessarestarsostinus, Plesiosaurus trigonus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Huajuapan de Leon, Tlaxiaco, which is in a Berriasian/Hauterivian marine horizon in Mexico
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Huajuapan de Leon, Tlaxiaco
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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