| Pliosaurus Temporal range: Late Jurassic, 155.7–150.8 Ma |
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| P. macromerus jaw, Natural History Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Family: | †Pliosauridae |
| Genus: | †Pliosaurus Owen, 1841 |
| Type species | |
| †Pliosaurus brachydeirus Owen, 1841 |
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†P. brachydeirus Owen, 1840 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Stretosaurus |
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Pliosaurus (meaning 'more lizard') is a genus of extinct marine reptile. It is included in the family Pliosauridae. Its diet would have included fish, squid and other marine reptiles. This genus has contained several species in the past but it currently consists of the type species P. brachydeirus, P. macromerus and P. portentificus.[1]
Currently there are three recognized species of Pliosaurus, all known from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of England.[1]
Pliosaurus brachydeirus and Pliosaurus macromerus are both known from the Kimmeridgian of England.
Pliosaurus portentificus is known from the late Kimmeridgian of England.
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