Species
Valid Extinct

Rhomaleosaurus megacephalus

(Stutchbury 1846)

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
Plesiosauria Order
Rhomaleosauridae Family
Rhomaleosaurus Genus
Rhomaleosaurus megacephalus Species
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
4
Geological formations
Blue Lias
3
Westbury
1
Temporal distribution
Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)
4
Bibliography
Original description
S. Stutchbury. 1846. Description of a new species of Plesiosaurus, in the Museum of the Bristol Institution. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2(1):411-417 DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
G. W. Storrs and M. A. Taylor. 1996. Cranial anatomy of a new plesiosaur genus from the lowermost Lias (Rhaetian/Hettangian) of Street, Somerset, England. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(3):403-420 DOI ↗
A. R. I. Cruickshank. 1994. Cranial anatomy of the Lower Jurassic pliosaur Rhomaleosaurus megacephalus (Stutchbury) (Reptilia: Plesiosauria). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 343:247-260 DOI ↗
T. Wright. 1860. On the Zone of Avicula contorta, and the Lower Lias of the South of England. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 16:374-411 DOI ↗