Pelorosaurus praecursor Sauvage 1876 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: H.-E. Sauvage. 1876. Notes sur les reptiles fossiles [Notes on fossil reptiles]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 3e série 4:435-444

Belongs to Pelorosaurus according to B. F. Nopcsa 1901

Sister taxon: Pelorosaurus conybeari

Type specimen: BHN2R 112, a tooth. Its type locality is Tour de Croÿ, Wimereux, which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in France.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pelorosaurus praecursor in the database

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