Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1889. On the remains and affinities of five genera of Mesozoic reptiles. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 45:41-59
Parent taxon: Thalassophonea according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2014
See also Araujo et al. 2008, Carroll 1988, Hampe 2013, Ketchum and Benson 2010, Ketchum and Benson 2011, Lydekker 1889, O'Keefe 2001, Sepkoski 2002, Tarlo 1960 and White 1940
Sister taxa: Brachaucheninae, Gallardosaurus, Liopleurodon, Makhaira, Pliosaurus, Pliosaurus brachyspondylus, Pliosaurus macromerus, Simolestes
Subtaxa: Peloneustes philarchus
Type: Peloneustes philarchus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (2 collections), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (9)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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