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
Fossil sites 22 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Santonian
(85.7–83.6 Ma)
1
Turonian
(93.9–89.8 Ma)
7
Cenomanian
(100.5–93.9 Ma)
6
Albian
(113.2–100.5 Ma)
2
Aptian
(121.4–113.2 Ma)
4
Barremian
(125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Hauterivian
(132.6–125.77 Ma)
1
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
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