Alternative combination: Thaumatosaurus carinatus
Belongs to Plesiosaurus according to Cuvier 1824
See also Delair 1960
Sister taxa: Plesiosaurus bavaricus, Plesiosaurus bitractensis, 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 specimen: Its type locality is Boulogne-sur-Mer (general), which is in a Kimmeridgian marine horizon in the Argiles de Châtillon Formation of France
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (3)
• Triassic of France (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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