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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