Category «Pliosauroidea»

Anguanax

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 & Fanti 2014), but was subsequently named after reanalysis by the same authors the following year (Cau & Fanti 2015).

Pliosaurus

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 and Art Gallery.