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Pliosaurus andrewsi
Taxonomy
Pliosaurus andrewsi was named by Tarlo (1960). Its type specimen is BMNH R3891, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Peterborough area, Leeds Collection, which is in a Callovian offshore mudstone in the Oxford Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1960 | Pliosaurus andrewsi Tarlo pp. 163-164 figs. pls 23, 28, figs4–4b |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Pliosaurus andrewsi Tarlo 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: superf = superfamily, o = order | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Hampe 2005 | |||||
Age range: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Middle Callovian or 163.50000 to 161.20000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Callovian | United Kingdom (England) | Peloneustes evansi (type locality: 109800) | |
| Oxfordian | Poland (Śląskie) | Pliosaurus andrewsi (106467) |