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
Belongs to Megacephalosaurus according to B. A. Schumacher et al. 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: FHSM VP-321, a partial skeleton (nearly complete skull and mandibles, anterior cervical material). Its type locality is Eulert Ranch, Saline River valley, which is in a Turonian marine horizon in the Carlile Shale Formation of Kansas.
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.
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