Classification
Mesures
Longueur
3,5 m ⓘ
Sites de découverte 55 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
Formations géologiques
Distribution temporelle
Campanien
(83.6–72.2 Ma)
3
Santonien
(85.7–83.6 Ma)
1
Turonien
(93.9–89.8 Ma)
2
Albien
(113.2–100.5 Ma)
3
Hauterivien
(132.6–125.77 Ma)
2
Valanginien
(137.05–132.6 Ma)
1
Tithonien
(149.2–143.1 Ma)
2
Kimméridgien
(154.8–149.2 Ma)
12
Callovien
(165.3–161.5 Ma)
1
Toarcien
(184.2–174.7 Ma)
2
Pliensbachien
(192.9–184.2 Ma)
9
Sinémurien
(199.5–192.9 Ma)
6
Hettangien
(201.4–199.5 Ma)
4
Rhétien
(205.7–201.4 Ma)
7
Espèces (26)
Plesiosaurus bitractensis
206 Ma
Plesiosaurus carinatus
155 Ma
Plesiosaurus cliduchus
201 Ma
Plesiosaurus coelospondylus
184 Ma
Plesiosaurus costatus
206 Ma
Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus
201 Ma
Plesiosaurus elasmosaurus
nomen nudum, species not entered Plesiosaurus
Plesiosaurus grandis
155 Ma
Plesiosaurus hesternus
149 Ma
Plesiosaurus macrocephalus
201 Ma
Plesiosaurus macrodeirus
155 Ma
Plesiosaurus mexicanus
139 Ma
Plesiosaurus nitidus
155 Ma
Plesiosaurus platydeirus
201 Ma
Plesiosaurus priscus
nomen dubium, species not entered Plesiosaurus
Plesiosaurus rostratus
200 Ma
Plesiosaurus subconcavus
162 Ma
Plesiosaurus subtrigonus
201 Ma
Synonymes (2)
Plesiosaurus elasmosaurus
nomen nudum, species not entered Plesiosaurus
Plesiosaurus priscus
nomen dubium, species not entered Plesiosaurus
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Bibliographie
Description originale
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