Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Full reference: S. Sachs and B. P. Kear. 2017. A rare new Pliensbachian plesiosaurian from the Amaltheenton Formation of Bielefeld in northwestern Germany. Alcheringa
Belongs to Arminisaurus according to S. Sachs and B. P. Kear 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NAMU ES/jl 36052, a partial skeleton (Incomplete skeleton comprising the posterior section of the right mandibular ramus with the surangular, angular, prearticular and articular. Eight isolated teet). Its type locality is Bielefeld, type locality of Arminisaurus schuberti, which is in a Pliensbachian marine claystone in the Amaltheenton Formation of Germany.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Bielefeld, type locality of Arminisaurus schuberti
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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