Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Full reference: A. R. I. Cruickshank, D. M. Martill, and L. F. Noe. 1996. A pliosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) exhibiting pachyostosis from the Middle Jurassic of England. Journal of the Geological Society of London 153:873-879
Parent taxon: Pliosauridae according to A. R. I. Cruickshank et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Acostasaurus, Anguanax, Arminisaurus, Attenborosaurus, Cryonectes, Hauffiosaurus, Marmornectes, Pliosaurus aequalis, Pliosaurus evansi, Polyptchodon, Simolestinae, Sinopliosaurus, Stenorhynchosaurus, Strongylokrotaphus, Thalassiodracon, Thalassophonea
Subtaxa: Pachycostasaurus dawni
Type: Pachycostasaurus dawni
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Kings Dyke Brick Pit (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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