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
Belongs to Marmornectes according to H. F. Ketchum and R. B. J. Benson 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BEDFM 1999.201, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Quest Pit, east of Stewartby, which is in a Callovian marine mudstone in the Oxford Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Quest Pit, east of Stewartby
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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