Classification
Sauropterygia
Sous-ordre
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Plesiosauria
Ordre
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Pliosauroidea
Superfamille
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Pliosauridae
Famille
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Thalassophonea
Clade non classé
Sites de découverte 129 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
Formations géologiques
Distribution temporelle
Maastrichtien
(72.2–66 Ma)
1
Santonien
(85.7–83.6 Ma)
1
Turonien
(93.9–89.8 Ma)
7
Cénomanien
(100.5–93.9 Ma)
6
Albien
(113.2–100.5 Ma)
3
Aptien
(121.4–113.2 Ma)
6
Barrémien
(125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Hauterivien
(132.6–125.77 Ma)
2
Berriasien
(143.1–137.05 Ma)
1
Tithonien
(149.2–143.1 Ma)
17
Kimméridgien
(154.8–149.2 Ma)
46
Oxfordian
(161.5–154.8 Ma)
9
Callovien
(165.3–161.5 Ma)
27
Bajocien
(170.9–168.2 Ma)
1
Aalénien
(174.7–170.9 Ma)
1
Synonymes (8)
Ischyrodon meriani
nomen dubium, species not entered Thalassophonea
Plesiosaurus recentior
nomen dubium, species not entered Thalassophonea
Pliosaurus brachyspondylus
nomen dubium, species not entered Thalassophonea
Pliosaurus macromerus
nomen dubium, species not entered Thalassophonea
Pliosaurus nitidus
nomen dubium, species not entered Thalassophonea
Pliosaurus wosinskii
nomen dubium, species not entered Thalassophonea
Polyptychodon archiaci
nomen dubium, species not entered Thalassophonea
Spondylosaurus frearsi
nomen dubium, species not entered Thalassophonea
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