Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Full reference: H. F. Ketchum and R. B. J. Benson. 2011. A new pliosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Oxford CLay Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian) of England: evidence for a gracile, longirostrine grade of Early-Middle Jurassic pliosaurids. Special Papers in Palaeontology 86:109-129
Parent taxon: Pliosauridae according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2014
See also Ketchum and Benson 2011
Sister taxa: Acostasaurus, Anguanax, Arminisaurus, Attenborosaurus, Cryonectes, Hauffiosaurus, Pachycostasaurus, Pliosaurus aequalis, Pliosaurus evansi, Polyptchodon, Simolestinae, Sinopliosaurus, Stenorhynchosaurus, Strongylokrotaphus, Thalassiodracon, Thalassophonea
Subtaxa: Marmornectes candrewi
Type: Marmornectes candrewi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Quest Pit, east of Stewartby (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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