Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae

Alternative combination: Cimoliasaurus vetustus

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1851. [Descriptions of a number of fossil reptiles and mammals] . Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5:325-328

Belongs to Discosaurus according to J. T. Thurmond and D. E. Jones 1981

See also Cope 1869, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Leidy 1851, Lydekker 1889, Parris 1974, Welles 1962 and Williston 1903

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS M 31469 (Cretaceous of Alabama)

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