Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Alternative spellings: Pleiosaurus, Plesiosaurus (Pleiosaurus)
Synonyms: Ischyrodon Merian 1838, Spondylosaurus Fischer 1845, Stretosaurus Tarlo 1959
Full reference: R. Owen. 1841. Odontography; or, a Treatise on the Comparative Anatomy of the Teeth; Their Physiological Relations, Mode of Development, and Microscopic Structure, in the Vertebrate Animals. Part II. Dental System of Reptiles 179-295
Parent taxon: Thalassophonea according to J. P. O’Gorman et al. 2018
See also Andrews 1913, Benson and Druckenmiller 2014, Benson et al. 2013, Carroll 1988, Cope 1871, Cope 1875, d'Orbigny 1849, Delair 1960, Gasparini and O'Gorman 2014, Halstead 1989, Ketchum and Benson 2010, Ketchum and Benson 2011, Knutsen 2012, Knutsen et al. 2012, Lydekker 1889, Malakhov 1999, Meyer 1845, Noè et al. 2004, O'Gorman 2016, O'Gorman et al. 2018, Owen 1841, Owen 1842, Owen 1859, Owen 1860, Owen 1861, Phillips 1871, Quenstedt 1852, Sassoon et al. 2012, Seeley 1874, Sepkoski 2002, Stefano 1903, Tarlo 1960 and White 1940
Sister taxa: Brachaucheninae, Gallardosaurus, Liopleurodon, Makhaira, Peloneustes, Pliosaurus brachyspondylus, Pliosaurus macromerus, Simolestes
Subtaxa: Cetiosaurus rigauxi Pleiosaurus macromerus Plesiosaurus giganteus Pliosaurus almanzaensis Pliosaurus andrewsi Pliosaurus brachydeirus Pliosaurus carpenteri Pliosaurus funkei Pliosaurus gamma Pliosaurus grandis Pliosaurus grossouvrei Pliosaurus irgisensis Pliosaurus kevani Pliosaurus patagonicus Pliosaurus portentificus Pliosaurus rossicus Pliosaurus westburyensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Chile (1 collection), France (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Jurassic of Argentina (2), France (4), Norway (2), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (33)
Total: 49 collections including 57 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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