[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 …

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 …

Global interrelationships of Plesiosauria (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) and the pivotal role of taxon sampling in determining the outcome of phylogenetic analyses

HF Ketchum, RBJ Benson - Biological Reviews, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Previous attempts to resolve plesiosaurian phylogeny are reviewed and a new phylogenetic
data set of 66 taxa (67% of ingroup taxa examined directly) and 178 characters (eight new) …

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 …

Reassessment of the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian) pliosauroid Leptocleidus superstes Andrews, 1922 and other plesiosaur remains from the nonmarine Wealden …

BP Kear, PM Barrett - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Lower Cretaceous (upper Berriasian to lowermost Aptian) nonmarine Wealden
succession of southern England has been a prolific source of vertebrate fossils for over 180 …

Taxonomic clarification of the Australian elasmosaurid genus Eromangasaurus, with reference to other austral elasmosaur taxa

BP Kear - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Australian plesiosaur paleontology has undergone a renaissance in recent years with a
number of studies examining aspects of taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships (eg …

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 …

A cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision of the Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia)

FR O'Keefe - 2001 - mds.marshall.edu
Abstract The Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) is a group of Mesozoic marine reptiles
known from abundant material, with specimens described from all continents. The group …

A new Cretaceous pliosaurid (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Carlile Shale (middle Turonian) of Russell County, Kansas

BA Schumacher, K Carpenter… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The Eulert pliosaurid remains (FHSM VP-321) housed at the Sternberg Museum of Natural
History (Kansas, USA) include one of the world's best examples of a Cretaceous pliosaurid …

Cranial anatomy and taxonomy of Dolichorhynchops bonneri new combination, a polycotylid (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) from the Pierre Shale of Wyoming and …

FR O'keefe - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
The taxonomic identity of two well-preserved polycotylid plesiosaur skeletons from the Pierre
Shale of far northern Wyoming and southern South Dakota has been controversial since …