A giant pliosaurid skull from the Late Jurassic of England

R. B. J. Benson, M. Evans, A. S. Smith, J. Sassoon, S. Moore-Faye, H. F. Ketchum, and R. Forrest

2013

Article

PLoS ONE 8(5):e65989

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065989

Taxa discussed in this work:

• Pliosaurus carpenteri
• Pliosaurus kevani
• Pliosaurus westburyensis

Taxonomy:

• Pliosaurus brachydeirus belongs to Pliosaurus - Benson et al. (2013)
• Kronosaurus belongs to Brachaucheninae - Benson et al. (2013)
• Brachauchenius belongs to Brachaucheninae - Benson et al. (2013)
• Vectocleidus belongs to Leptocleidia - Benson et al. (2013)
• Gronausaurus belongs to Elasmosauridae - Benson et al. (2013)
• Brancasaurus belongs to Leptocleidia - Benson et al. (2013)
• Pliosaurus carpenteri belongs to Pliosaurus - Benson et al. (2013)
• Pliosaurus westburyensis belongs to Pliosaurus - Benson et al. (2013)
• Pliosaurus kevani belongs to Pliosaurus - Benson et al. (2013)
• Pliosauridae belongs to Plesiosauria - Benson et al. (2013)
• Pliosaurus irgisensis belongs to Pliosaurus - Benson et al. (2013)
• Pliosaurus portentificus belongs to Pliosaurus - Benson et al. (2013)
• Pliosaurus funkei belongs to Pliosaurus - Benson et al. (2013)
• Pliosaurus rossicus belongs to Pliosaurus - Benson et al. (2013)
• Stretosaurus belongs to Pliosaurus - Benson et al. (2013)
• Plesiosaurus giganteus belongs to Pliosaurus - Benson et al. (2013)
• Pliosaurus belongs to Thalassophonea - Benson et al. (2013)
• Thalassophonea belongs to Pliosauridae - Benson et al. (2013)