Full reference: R. Owen. 1865. Part I. Sauropterygia. Monographs on the fossil Reptilia of the Liassic formations 17(75):1-40
Belongs to Plesiosaurus according to Owen 1842
See also Tate and Blake 1876
Sister taxa: Plesiosaurus bavaricus, Plesiosaurus bitractensis, Plesiosaurus carinatus, Plesiosaurus cliduchus, Plesiosaurus costatus, Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus, Plesiosaurus elasmosaurus, Plesiosaurus exarsostinus, Plesiosaurus grandis, Plesiosaurus hesternus, Plesiosaurus houzeaui, Plesiosaurus macrocephalus, Plesiosaurus macrodeirus, Plesiosaurus mexicanus, Plesiosaurus nitidus, Plesiosaurus platydeirus, Plesiosaurus priscus, Plesiosaurus rostratus, Plesiosaurus subconcavus, Plesiosaurus subtrigonus, Plesiosaurus tessarestarsostinus, Plesiosaurus trigonus
Type specimen: Whitby Museum specimen, not lost, a set of vertebrae (sixteen consecutive cervical vertebrae). Its type locality is Whitby, alum works rubbish heap, which is in a Toarcian marine shale in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Whitby, alum works rubbish heap
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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