Full reference: L. Schwermann and P. M. Sander. 2011. Osteologie und Phylogenie von Westphaliasaurus simonsensii: Ein neuer Plesiosauride (Sauropterygia) aus dem Unteren Jura (Pliensbachium) von Sommersell (Kreis Höxter), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland. Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen 79:1-60
Belongs to Westphaliasaurus according to L. Schwermann and P. M. Sander 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Westfälischen Museum für Naturkunde in Münster P58091, a set of postcrania (almost complete postcranial skeleton). Its type locality is Lücking clay pit, Sommersell, which is in a Pliensbachian marine claystone in Germany.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lücking clay pit, Sommersell
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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