Discosaurus Leidy 1851 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae

Parent taxon: Brachaucheniidae according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1869, Hay 1902, Lydekker 1889, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Williston 1903 and Williston 1906

Sister taxa: Brachauchenius, Kronosaurus, Luskhan, Megacephalosaurus, Sachicasaurus

Subtaxa: none

Type: Discosaurus vetustus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Discosaurus in the database

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