Species
Valid Extinct

Megacephalosaurus eulerti

Schumacher et al. 2013

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore nektonic Marine
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Pliosauroidea Superfamily
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Pliosauridae Family
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Thalassophonea Unranked clade
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Brachaucheninae Subfamily
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Megacephalosaurus Genus
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Megacephalosaurus eulerti Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
2
Geological formations
Carlile Shale
1
Greenhorn Limestone
1
Temporal distribution
Turonian (93.9–89.8 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
B. A. Schumacher, K. Carpenter, and M. J. Everhart. 2013. A new Cretaceous pliosaurid (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Carlile Shale (Middle Turonian) of Russell County, Kansas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(3):613-628 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
B. A. Schumacher, K. Carpenter, and M. J. Everhart. 2013. A new Cretaceous pliosaurid (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Carlile Shale (Middle Turonian) of Russell County, Kansas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(3):613-628 DOI ↗