†Pachycostasaurus dawni Cruickshank et al. 1996 (plesiosaur)
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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
Belongs to Pachycostasaurus according to A. R. I. Cruickshank et al. 1996
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PETMG R338, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Kings Dyke Brick Pit, which is in a Callovian shallow subtidal claystone in the Oxford Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Kings Dyke Brick Pit
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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