Eretmosaurus Seeley 1874 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria

Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1874. Note on some generic modifications of the plesiosaurian pectoral arch. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 30:436-449

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

See also Benson et al. 2012, Carroll 1988, Delair 1960, Kuhn 1971, Lydekker 1889, Persson 1963, Seeley 1892, Sepkoski 2002 and White 1940

Sister taxa: Aptychodon, Aptychodon cretaceus, Bathyspondylus, Cimoliasaurus lissaensis, Cimoliasaurus teplicensis, Cimoliosaurus nazarowi, Discosaurus planior, Discosaurus vetustus, Elasmosaurus intermedius, Elasmosaurus orientalis, Embaphias, Embaphias circulosus, Eoplesiosaurus, Gymocetus, Hexatarsostinus, Hunosaurus fasseli, Iserosaurus littoralis, Lindwurmia, Lutkesaurus, Mauisaurus brachiolatus, Megalneusaurus, Namuncurania, Neoplesiosauria, Nothosaurops, Oligosimus, Oligosimus grandaevus, Orophosaurus, Orophosaurus pauciporus, Peloneustes kanzleri, Piptomerus, Piptomerus hexagonus, Piptomerus megaloporus, Piptomerus microporus, Piratosaurus, Piratosaurus plicatus, Plesiosauriformes, Plesiosauroidea, Plesiosaurus affinis, Plesiosaurus australis, Plesiosaurus balticus, Plesiosaurus bernardi, Plesiosaurus brachistospondylus, Plesiosaurus brevifemur, Plesiosaurus brevis, Plesiosaurus continuus, Plesiosaurus cycnodeirus, Plesiosaurus degenhardti, Plesiosaurus ellipsospondylus, Plesiosaurus euryspondylus, Plesiosaurus gouldii, Plesiosaurus hexagonalis, Plesiosaurus infraplanus, Plesiosaurus latispinus, Plesiosaurus levis, Plesiosaurus lockwoodii, Plesiosaurus megapleuron, Plesiosaurus microdeirus, Plesiosaurus mudgei, Plesiosaurus neocomiensis, Plesiosaurus nordmanni, Plesiosaurus ophiodeirus, Plesiosaurus pachyomus, Plesiosaurus phillipsi, Plesiosaurus planispondylus, Plesiosaurus planus, Plesiosaurus planus trigonalis, Plesiosaurus platydeirus, Plesiosaurus poecilospondylus, Plesiosaurus shirleyensis, Plesiosaurus subdepressus, Plesiosaurus traversii, Plesiosaurus truncatus, Plesiosaurus validus, Plesiosaurus winspitensis, Pliosauroidea, Pliosaurus planus, Plistosauroidea, Polycotylus donicus, Polycotylus epigurgitis, Polycotylus orientalis, Polycotylus tenuis, Polycotylus ultimus, Polyptychodon, Polyptychodon neocomiensis, Rhaeticosaurus, Rhomaleosauridae, Scarrisaurus, Stereosaurus cratynotus, Stereosaurus platyomus, Stereosaurus stenomus, Stratesaurus, Sulmosaurus, Taphrosaurus, Teleosaurus neogaeus, Uronautes, Uronautes cetiformis, Xenopsaria, Zahrisaurus

Subtaxa: Eretmosaurus dubius Eretmosaurus rugosus

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at near Granby (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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