Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Rhomaleosauridae

Full reference: R. B. J. Benson, M. Evans, and P. S. Druckenmiller. 2012. High diversity, low disparity and small body size in plesiosaurs (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Triassic–Jurassic boundary. PLoS ONE 7(3):e31838

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

See also Benson et al. 2012

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

Subtaxa: Avalonnectes arturi

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Type: Avalonnectes arturi

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Street (general) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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