Genus
Valid Extinct

Bathyspondylus

Delair 1982

Bathyspondylus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of Swindon, England. Because it is known only from its fossil vertebrae, paleontologists are not entirely sure of the taxonomy of Bathyspondylus; the family it belongs to is not currently known. The type, and only known, species is B. swindoniensis, which was described from the same material as its genus.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
Bathyspondylus
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Basal cryptoclidid plesiosaur restoration. © Tawa99 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Bathyspondylus
Bathyspondylus
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Bathyspondylus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
2
Geological formations
Kimmeridge Clay
2
Temporal distribution
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Bathyspondylus swindoniensis 155 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
J. B. Delair. 1982. New and little-known Jurassic reptiles from Wiltshire. The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine 76:155-164
Bibliography (1)
J. B. Delair. 1982. New and little-known Jurassic reptiles from Wiltshire. The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine 76:155-164