The rise of macropredatory pliosaurids near the Early-Middle Jurassic transition

S Sachs, D Madzia, B Thuy, BP Kear - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The emergence of gigantic pliosaurid plesiosaurs reshaped the trophic structure of
Mesozoic marine ecosystems, and established an~ 80 million-year (Ma) dynasty of …

[HTML][HTML] A truly gigantic pliosaur (reptilia, sauropterygia) from the kimmeridge clay formation (upper jurassic, kimmeridgian) of england

DM Martill, ML Jacobs, RE Smith - Proceedings of the Geologists' …, 2023 - Elsevier
Four isolated cervical vertebrae from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Upper Jurassic,
Kimmeridgian) of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England are identified as from a pliosaurid …

Historical significance and taxonomic status of Ischyrodon meriani (Pliosauridae) from the Middle Jurassic of Switzerland

D Madzia, S Sachs, C Klug - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Ischyrodon meriani is an obscure pliosaurid taxon established upon an exceptionally large
tooth crown of a probable Callovian (Middle Jurassic) age that originates from Wölflinswil …