Bathyspondylus swindoniensis Delair 1982 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria

Full reference: J. B. Delair. 1982. New and little-known Jurassic reptiles from Wiltshire. The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine 76:155-164

Belongs to Bathyspondylus according to J. B. Delair 1982

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: 1774 Dev. M., a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Swindon Brick and Tile Company brick pit, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine claystone in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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