Anguanax

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The skull of the Anguanax type specimen (from Cau & Fanti 2014)

Anguanax is the first articulated plesiosaur ever found in Italy. It is a basal thalassophonean pliosaur from the Late Jurassic (middle Oxfordian). The type and only known specimen (MPPL 18797) of Anguanax was originally described as an indeterminate pliosaurid (Cau and Fanti 2014), but was subsequently named after reanalysis by the same…

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Pliosaurus

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Skull of Pliosaurus kevani in right lateral view. From Benson et. al. (2013).

Under construction Skull of Pliosaurus kevani in right lateral view. From Benson et al. (2013). The 'Westbury Pliosaur 1' specimen of Pliosaurus brachyspondylus, skull on display in the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. Photo by Chris Crump. The 'Westbury Pliosaur 1' specimen of Pliosaurus brachyspondylus, skull on display in the Bristol Museum…

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Colymbosaurus

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Left hindlimb of Colymbosaurus megadeirus (CAMSM J.29596etc), modified from Benson and Bowdler (2014)

Colymbosaurus is a colymbosaurine (derived cryptoclidid) from the Late Jurassic of the UK and Svalbard, Norway. Two valid species are known, C. megadeirus from the UK, and C. svalbardensis from Svalbard, Norway. The genus is known from the Kimmeridgian, Tithonian, and possibly early Berriasian (Late Jurassic–possibly Early Cretaceous). Benson and Bowdler (2014)…

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Muraenosaurus

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Restoration of the skeleton of Muraenosaurus in lateral view. From Andrews 1910.

Brown (1981) diagnosed Muraenosaurus as follows: "Plesiosauroids in which the teeth are ornamented with many longitudinal ridges; the dentary bears 19 to 22 teeth on each ramus; the premaxillae bear 5 teeth each, of which the 1st and 5th are small, and the 2nd to 4th are large; the most anterior maxilliary…

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Marmornectes

Marmornectes is a pliosaur with a long and narrow snout from the Oxford Clay. It was described and named by Ketchum and Benson (2011a). The type and only specimen (BEDFM 1999.201) comprises a substantially complete skeleton including a partial skull. Marmornectes is similar to Peloneustes but possesses some basal characters that were…

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