Species
Valid Extinct

Plesiosaurus costatus

(Owen 1840)

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Plesiosauroidea Superfamily
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Plesiosaurus Genus
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Plesiosaurus costatus Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇫🇷 France
2
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1
Geological formations
Westbury
1
Temporal distribution
Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)
1
Rhaetian (205.7–201.4 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
R. Owen. 1840. Report on British fossil reptiles. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 8:43-126
Bibliography (2)
H.-E. Sauvage. 1883. Recherches sur les reptiles trouvés dans l'étage rhétien des environs d'Autun [Research on the reptiles found in the Rhaetian stage of the environs of Autun]. Annales des Sciences Géologiques 14(3):1-44
R. Owen. 1840. Report on British fossil reptiles. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 8:43-126