The anatomy and taxonomy of Macroplata tenuiceps (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Hettangian (Lower Jurassic) of Warwickshire, United Kingdom

HF Ketchum, AS Smith - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A detailed re-description and revised diagnosis is given for Macroplata
tenuiceps Swinton, 1930, a plesiosaurian known from a single almost complete specimen …

[HTML][HTML] Reassessment of'Plesiosaurus' megacephalus (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary, UK

AS Smith - 2015 - palaeo-electronica.org
The holotype specimen of 'Plesiosaurus' megacephalus Stutchbury, 1846 (BRSMG Cb
2335) was destroyed in an air raid on Bristol during WWII. The specimen comprised a …

[HTML][HTML] A phylogeny of Plesiosauria (Sauropterygia) and its bearing on the systematic status of Leptocleidus Andrews, 1922

PS Druckenmiller, AP Russell - Zootaxa, 2008 - mapress.com
Leptocleidus Andrews, 1922 is a poorly known plesiosaur genus from Lower Cretaceous
successions of the UK, South Africa, and Australia. Historically, there has been little …

Re-description of a basal plesiosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Lower Jurassic of England

P Vincent - Journal of Paleontology, 2012 - cambridge.org
The specimen NHMUK 39514 comprises the cranial remains of a plesiosaur found on the
Dorset coast during the middle of the ninetieth century. It was partially described and figured …

A new pliosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Oxford Clay Formation (Middle Jurassic., Callovian) of England: Evidence for a gracile, longirostrine grade of …

H Ketchum, R Benson - Special Papers in Palaeontology, 2011 - ora.ox.ac.uk
A partial skeleton from the Sigiloceras enodatum ammonite Subzone (lower Callovian,
Middle Jurassic) of the Oxford Clay Formation of Quest Pit, near Stewartby, Bedfordshire …

Osteological redescription of the skull of Microcleidus homalospondylus (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Lower Jurassic of England

D Brown, P Vincent, N Bardet - Journal of Paleontology, 2013 - cambridge.org
The plesiosaur specimen NHMUK 36184 from the Lower Jurassic of Whitby, Yorkshire and
kept in the Natural History Museum of London, comprises an almost entire skeleton with …

A new leptocleidid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Vectis Formation (early Barremian–early Aptian; Early Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight and the evolution of …

RBJ Benson, HF Ketchum, D Naish… - Journal of Systematic …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Among the most enigmatic and controversial plesiosaurian clades is the Early Cretaceous
Leptocleididae, a small group of (mostly) short-necked taxa with 'intermediate'or …

A new genus of plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) of England, and a phylogeny of the Plesiosauria

M Evans - 2012 - figshare.le.ac.uk
Two new species of plesiosaur have been recognised from the Pliensbachian (Early
Jurassic) of England. They share derived characters and so are referred to the same new …

The anatomy of Stratesaurus (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the lowermost Jurassic of Somerset, United Kingdom

RBJ Benson, M Evans, MA Taylor - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
We provide a complete description of one of the oldest plesiosaurians, Stratesaurus taylori
from the earliest Hettangian of the United Kingdom. At least 25 apomorphies distinguish S …

Anatomy of Colymbosaurus megadeirus (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the UK, and high diversity among Late Jurassic …

RBJ Benson, T Bowdler - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
We describe the syntype postcranial skeletons of the cryptoclidid plesiosauroid
Colymbosaurus megadeirus. C. megadeirus is the type species of Colymbosaurus, and one …