Pliosaurus grossouvrei

(Sauvage 1873)

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Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

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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Pliosaurus Genus

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Pliosaurus grossouvrei Species

Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Geological formations

Coral Rag

Coralline Oolite

Temporal distribution

Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)

Bibliography

Original description

H.-E. Sauvage. 1873. Notes sur les reptiles fossiles. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, série 3 1:365-386

Bibliography (1)

R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia DOI ↗