Simolestes
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Not to be confused with Cimolestes.
| Simolestes Temporal range: 171–145Ma Middle-Late Jurassic | |
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| S. vorax skull | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Plesiosauria |
| Suborder: | Pliosauroidea |
| Family: | Pliosauridae [1] |
| Genus: | Simolestes |
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S. vorax (type species) | |
Simolestes (hearkening thief) is an extinct genus of pliosaurs that lived in the Middle to Late Jurassic. Three species are currently known:
Restoration of S. vorax
Tooth of S. vorax
- Simolestes keileni from the Bajocian of France
- Simolestes vorax from the Callovian Oxford Clay Formation of England
- Simolestes indicus from the Tithonian of India
Simolestes could exceed 10m in length.[2]
References
- ↑ Smith AS, Dyke GJ. 2008. The skull of the giant predatory pliosaur Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni: implications for plesiosaur phylogenetics. Naturwissenschaften e-published 2008.
- ↑ http://www.emgs.org.uk/files/mercian_vol13on/Mercian%20Geologist%20volume%2015%202000-2003/Mercian%202000%20v15%20p037%20Rhomaleosaurid%20pliosaur,%20Forrest.pdf
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