Genus: Anningasaura VINCENT & BENSON, 2012
Etymology: In honor of Mary Anning, who was the first-recognized female palaeontologist,
as well as the discoverer of the first-ever complete specimen of plesiosaur in
1823 (Conybeare, 1924).
Species: lymense VINCENT & BENSON,
2012
Etymology: In reference to Lyme Regis, England, Southern United Kingdom, the locality where the type specimen
was found.
= Plesiosaurus
macrocephalus OWEN, 1840 (referred specimen)
Holotype: NHMUK OR49202
Locality: Lyme Regis coast, Pinhay Bay- Charmouth, (SY 3291-SY 3794), Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy: Caenisites obtusum zone.
Age: Hettangian-Pliensbachian Stage, Lower Lias Epoch, Early Early Jurassic.
Material: Skull and skeleton.