Species
Valid Extinct

Kimmerosaurus langhami

Brown 1981

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Plesiosauroidea Superfamily
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Cryptoclididae Family
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Kimmerosaurus Genus
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Kimmerosaurus langhami Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
2
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
1
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
D. S. Brown. 1981. The English Upper Jurassic Plesiosauroidea (Reptilia) and a review of the phylogeny and classification of the Plesiosauria. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 35(4):253-347
Bibliography (2)
D. S. Brown, A. C. Milner, and M. A. Taylor. 1986. New material of the plesiosaur Kimmerosaurus langhami Brown from the Kimmeridge Clay of Dorset. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural Histroy 40(5):225-234
D. S. Brown. 1981. The English Upper Jurassic Plesiosauroidea (Reptilia) and a review of the phylogeny and classification of the Plesiosauria. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 35(4):253-347