Full reference: T. H. de la Beche and W. D. Conybeare. 1821. Notice of the discovery of a new Fossil Animal, forming a link between the Ichthyosaurus and the Crocodile, together with general remarks on the Osteology of the Ichthyosaurus. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, series 1 5:559-594
Parent taxon: Plesiosauroidea according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2014
See also Benson et al. 2012, Brown 1981, Carroll 1988, Cope 1871, Cope 1875, d'Orbigny 1849, Delair 1960, Fitzinger 1826, Gasparini et al. 2002, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hector 1874, Ketchum and Benson 2010, Kuhn 1966, Kuhn 1971, Lydekker 1889, Meyer 1845, O'Keefe 2001, Owen 1840, Owen 1859, Owen 1860, Owen 1861, Owen 1864, Owen 1865, Parkinson 1822, Persson 1963, Seeley 1892, Sepkoski 2002, Storrs 1997, Tate and Blake 1876, White 1940 and Williston 1903
Sister taxa: Cimoliosaurus limnophilus, Cryptoclidia, Cryptoclididae, Elasmosauridae, Euplesiosauria, Franconiasaurus, Leptocleidia, Microcleididae, Opallionectes, Plesiopharos, Plesiopterys, Plesiosauridae, Polycotylidae, Sthenarosaurus, Westphaliasaurus
Subtaxa: Plesiosaurus bavaricus Plesiosaurus bitractensis Plesiosaurus carinatus Plesiosaurus cliduchus Plesiosaurus coelospondylus Plesiosaurus costatus Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus Plesiosaurus elasmosaurus Plesiosaurus exarsostinus Plesiosaurus grandis Plesiosaurus hesternus Plesiosaurus houzeaui Plesiosaurus macrocephalus Plesiosaurus macrodeirus Plesiosaurus mexicanus Plesiosaurus nitidus Plesiosaurus platydeirus Plesiosaurus priscus Plesiosaurus rostratus Plesiosaurus subconcavus Plesiosaurus subtrigonus Plesiosaurus tessarestarsostinus Plesiosaurus trigonus
Type: Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (1 collection), France (1), Japan (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (2: New Jersey, Texas)
• Jurassic of Chile (1), France (4), the United Kingdom (23), United States (1: California)
• Triassic of Belgium (2), France (3), Germany (2), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 53 collections including 61 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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