Full reference: D. M. S. Watson. 1909. IV. A preliminary note on two new genera of upper Liassic plesiosaurs. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 54(4):1-28
Parent taxon: Plesiosauroidea according to D. S. Brown 1981
See also Carroll 1988, Sepkoski 2002, Watson 1909 and White 1940
Sister taxa: Cimoliosaurus limnophilus, Cryptoclidia, Cryptoclididae, Elasmosauridae, Euplesiosauria, Franconiasaurus, Leptocleidia, Microcleididae, Opallionectes, Plesiopharos, Plesiopterys, Plesiosauridae, Plesiosaurus, Polycotylidae, Westphaliasaurus
Subtaxa: Sthenarosaurus dawkinsi
Type: Sthenarosaurus dawkinsi
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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