Genus: NOVA, STORRS (in prep)

Plesiosaurus macrocephalus BUCKLAND, 1822
Etymology:
= Rhomaleosaurus macrocephalus (BUCKLAND, 1822) PERSSON, 1963

Holotype: BMNH R1336

Locality: Lyme Regis coast, Pinhay Bay- Charmouth, (SY 3291-SY 3794), Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.

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Biostratigraphy: Psiloceras planorbis zone.

Age: Hettangian-Pliensbachian Stage, Lower Lias Epoch, Early Early Jurassic.

Material: Skull and skeleton.

Referred material:

ANDREWS 1896/LYDEKKER

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:

Number: Not given: Skull.

 

BUCKLAND

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:

Oxford University Museum, J.10540: Vertebra.

 

 

= Plesiosaurus brachycephalus SWINTON 1948?
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