In summer 2023 a plesiosaur skeleton was offered at auction by Sotheby’s that may have looked familiar. This notable specimen is the ‘Blockley Plesiosaur’, originally offered at auction by Sotheby’s in 2010. This is a potentially significant specimen so I’m flagging it up to briefly discuss the provenance, history, and taxonomic identity of this curious skeleton.
Category «Plesiosauria»
Monquirasaurus
Monquirasaurus is a giant pliosaurid from Colombia, South America. Originally named by Hampe (1992) as species of Kronosaurus (K. boyacensis), the skeleton was later allocated to the new genus Monquirasaurus by Noè & Gómez-Pérez in 2021.
Nakonanectes
Mauisaurus
Woolungasaurus
Stenorhynchosaurus
Under construction
Vectocleidus
Under construction
Vectocleidus material on display in the Dinosaur Isle Museum, Isle of Wight, UK.