Hauffiosaurus zanoni O'Keefe 2001 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae

Full reference: F. R. O'Keefe. 2001. A cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision of the Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia). Acta Zoologica Fennica 213:1-63

Belongs to Hauffiosaurus according to P. Vincent 2011

See also O'Keefe 2001

Sister taxa: Hauffiosaurus longirostris, Hauffiosaurus tomistomimus

Type specimen: Hauff Museum, a skeleton (complete skeleton). Its type locality is Holzmaden, epsilon II/4, non-specific collection data, which is in a Falciferum marine horizon in the Posidonia Shale Formation of Germany.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Holzmaden, epsilon II/4, non-specific collection data

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