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Kimmerosaurus langhami


Species

K. langhami

Author

Brown, 1981

Classification

Sauropterygia
Eosauropterygia
Eusauropterygia
Pistosauroidea
Pistosauria
Plesiosauria
Plesiosauroidea
Cryptoclididae
Kimmerosaurus

Age

Tithonian

Formation

Upper part of the Kimmeridge Clay Formation

Type location

Endcome Bay, Dorset, UK

Type specimen

NHMUK R.8431, partial skull

Referred material

NHMUK R. 1798; R.10042

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Adam S. Smith. This site opened in June 2001 and was last updated in Sept. 2018.

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The skeletons in the site header are (from left to right): Kronosaurus (Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge), Thalassomedon (American Museum of Natural History, New York), Cryptoclidus (Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow), Rhomaleosaurus (Natural History Museum, London), Dolichorhynchops (Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, Washington) and Thalassiodracon (Natural History Museum, London).

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