Sthenarosaurus dawkinsi Watson 1909 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria

Full reference: D. M. S. Watson. 1909. IV. A preliminary note on two new genera of upper Liassic plesiosaurs. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 54(4):1-28

Belongs to Sthenarosaurus according to D. M. S. Watson 1909

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MMUM LL 8023, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is 'Alum Shale' (Main Alum Shales, Harpoceras bifrons), Whitby-Saltwick, Yorkshire, which is in a Bifrons marine shale/mudstone in the Alum Shale Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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