Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Rhomaleosauridae
Alternative combinations: Plesiosaurus zetlandi, Plesiosaurus zetlandicus
Synonyms: Plesiosaurus propinquus Tate and Blake 1876, Plesiosaurus simpsoni Blake 1876, Rhomaleosaurus thorntoni Andrews 1922, Thaumatosaurus propinquus Tate and Blake 1876
Belongs to Rhomaleosaurus according to F. R. O'Keefe 2001
See also Andrews 1922, Cruickshank 1996, Lydekker 1889, Tate and Blake 1876, Taylor 1992, Vincent and Smith 2009, Watson 1909 and Watson 1910
Sister taxa: Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni, Rhomaleosaurus megacephalus
Type specimens:
- Rhomaleosaurus zetlandicus: YORYM G503, a partial skeleton
- Plesiosaurus propinquus: WM 851.S (Whitby Museum, UK), a partial skeleton.
- Plesiosaurus simpsoni:
- Rhomaleosaurus thorntoni: BMNH R4853, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Kingsthorpe, 'Upper Liassic', which is in a Falciferum/Bifrons marine horizon in the Whitby Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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