Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Alternative combination: Liopleurodon grossouvrei
Full reference: H.-E. Sauvage. 1873. Notes sur les reptiles fossiles. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, série 3 1:365-386
Belongs to Pliosaurus according to R. Lydekker 1889
See also Sauvage 1873
Sister taxa: Cetiosaurus rigauxi, Pleiosaurus macromerus, Plesiosaurus giganteus, Pliosaurus almanzaensis, Pliosaurus andrewsi, Pliosaurus brachydeirus, Pliosaurus carpenteri, Pliosaurus funkei, Pliosaurus gamma, Pliosaurus grandis, Pliosaurus irgisensis, Pliosaurus kevani, Pliosaurus patagonicus, Pliosaurus portentificus, Pliosaurus rossicus, Pliosaurus westburyensis
Type specimen: École des Mines, Paris, a tooth
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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