Species
Valid Extinct

Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni

(Carte and Baily 1863)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Rhomaleosauridae Family
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Rhomaleosaurus Genus
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Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni Species
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
4
Geological formations
Whitby Mudstone
2
Alum Shale
1
Temporal distribution
Toarcian (184.2–174.7 Ma)
4
Bibliography
Original description
R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
A. S. Smith and G. J. Dyke. 2008. The skull of the giant predatory pliosaur Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni: implications for plesiosaur phylogenetics. Naturwissenschaften 95:975-980 DOI ↗
M. J. Benton and M. A. Taylor. 1984. Marine reptiles from the Upper Lias (Lower Toarcian, Lower Jurassic) of the Yorkshire coast. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 44(4):399-429 DOI ↗
R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia DOI ↗