Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Rhomaleosauridae

Full reference: A. S. Smith and P. Vincent. 2010. A new genus of pliosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Lower Jurassic of Holzmaden, Germany. Palaeontology 53(5):1049-1063

Parent taxon: Rhomaleosauridae according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2014

See also Benson et al. 2012 and Smith and Vincent 2010

Sister taxa: Anningasaura, Archaeonectrus, Atychodracon, Avalonnectes, Bishanopliosaurus, Borealonectes, Eurycleidus, Macroplata, Maresaurus, Rhomaleosaurus, Thaumatodracon, Yuzhoupliosaurus

Subtaxa: Meyerasaurus victor

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Type: Plesiosaurus victor

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Holzmaden, epsilon II/3, non-specific collection date (Jurassic of Germany)

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