Belongs to Plesiosaurus according to J. B. Delair 1960
See also Welles 1962
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 mexicanus, Plesiosaurus nitidus, Plesiosaurus priscus, Plesiosaurus rostratus, Plesiosaurus subconcavus, Plesiosaurus subtrigonus, Plesiosaurus tessarestarsostinus, Plesiosaurus trigonus
Type specimen: Royal College of Surgeons no226, a set of vertebrae (a cervical and a caudal vertebra).
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lyme Regis: Pinhay Bay (Lower Lias, general) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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