Atychodracon Smith 2015 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Rhomaleosauridae

Full reference: A. S. Smith. 2015. Reassessment of ‘Plesiosaurus’ megacephalus (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary, UK. Palaeontologia Electronica 18:1-19

Parent taxon: Rhomaleosauridae according to A. S. Smith 2015

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

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Atychodracon in the database

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