†Gallardosaurus Gasparini 2009 (plesiosaur)
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Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Full reference: Z. Gasparini. 2009. A new Oxfordian pliosaurid (Plesiosauria, Pliosauridae) in the Caribbean Seaway. Palaeontology 52(3):661-669
Parent taxon: Thalassophonea according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2014
See also Gasparini 2009
Sister taxa: Brachaucheninae, Liopleurodon, Makhaira, Peloneustes, Pliosaurus, Pliosaurus brachyspondylus, Pliosaurus macromerus, Simolestes
Subtaxa: Gallardosaurus iturraldei
Type: Gallardosaurus iturraldei
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sierra de Caiguanabo, near Vinales (Jurassic of Cuba)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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