†Macroplata Swinton 1930 (plesiosaur)
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Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Rhomaleosauridae
Parent taxon: Rhomaleosauridae according to R. B. J. Benson et al. 2012
See also Carroll 1988, Ketchum and Smith 2010, O'Keefe 2001, Sepkoski 2002 and White 1940
Sister taxa: Anningasaura, Archaeonectrus, Atychodracon, Avalonnectes, Bishanopliosaurus, Borealonectes, Eurycleidus, Maresaurus, Meyerasaurus, Rhomaleosaurus, Thaumatodracon, Yuzhoupliosaurus
Subtaxa: Macroplata tenuiceps
Type: Macroplata tenuiceps
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Harbury Cement Works, Leamington Spa (owned by Greaves, Bull, and Lakin) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)
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