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†Macroplata Swinton 1930 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Rhomaleosauridae

Parent taxon: Rhomaleosauridae according to R. B. J. Benson et al. 2012

See also Carroll 1988, Ketchum and Smith 2010, O'Keefe 2001, Sepkoski 2002 and White 1940

Sister taxa: Anningasaura, Archaeonectrus, Atychodracon, Avalonnectes, Bishanopliosaurus, Borealonectes, Eurycleidus, Maresaurus, Meyerasaurus, Rhomaleosaurus, Thaumatodracon, Yuzhoupliosaurus

Subtaxa: Macroplata tenuiceps

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Type: Macroplata tenuiceps

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Harbury Cement Works, Leamington Spa (owned by Greaves, Bull, and Lakin) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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