Plesiopterys wildi O'Keefe 2004 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria

Full reference: F. R. O'Keefe. 2004. Preliminary description and phylogenetic position of a new plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Toarcian of Holzmaden, Germany. Journal of Paleontology 78(5):973-988

Belongs to Plesiopterys according to F. R. O'Keefe 2004

See also Grossmann 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMNS 16812, a skeleton

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Posidonien-Schiefer, Ohlmden, Holzmaden (Jurassic of Germany)

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