Ceraunosaurus Thurmond 1968 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae

Full reference: J. T. Thurmond. 1968. A new polycotylid plesiosaur from the Lake Waco Formation (Cenomanian) of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 42(5):1289-1296

Parent taxon: Polycotylidae according to J. T. Thurmond 1968

Sister taxa: Cimoliasaurus leucoscopelus, Edgarosaurus, Manemergus, Mauriciosaurus, Pahasapasaurus, Palmulainae, Palmulasaurinae, Plesiopleurodon, Polycotyilnae, Polycotylinae, Sulcusuchus, Thililua, Polycotylus ichthyospondylus tanais, Polycotylus brevispondylus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ceraunosaurus in the database

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