†Megacephalosaurus Schumacher et al. 2013 (plesiosaur)
Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Full reference: B. A. Schumacher, K. Carpenter, and M. J. Everhart. 2013. A new Cretaceous pliosaurid (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Carlile Shale (Middle Turonian) of Russell County, Kansas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(3):613-628
Parent taxon: Brachaucheninae according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2014
See also Schumacher et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Brachauchenius, Discosaurus, Kronosaurus, Luskhan, Sachicasaurus
Subtaxa: Megacephalosaurus eulerti
Type: Megacephalosaurus eulerti
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Kansas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.