Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Full reference: S. W. Williston. 1903. North American plesiosaurs, part 1. Geological Series Field Museum of Natural History 3(1):1-77
Parent taxon: Brachaucheninae according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2014
See also Benson et al. 2013, Carpenter 1996, Carroll 1988, Hampe 2005, Hay 1930, Ketchum and Benson 2010, Ketchum and Benson 2011, O'Keefe 2001, Persson 1963, Sepkoski 2002, Welles 1962, White 1940 and Williston 1903
Sister taxa: Discosaurus, Kronosaurus, Luskhan, Megacephalosaurus, Sachicasaurus
Subtaxa: Brachauchenius lucasi
Type: Brachauchenius lucasi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Colombia (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: Colorado, Kansas, South Dakota, Texas, Utah)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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