Liopleurodon ferox

Species

L. ferox

Author

Sauvage, 1873

Classification

Sauropterygia
Eosauropterygia
Eusauropterygia
Pistosauroidea
Pistosauria
Plesiosauria
Pliosauroidea
Pliosauridae
Liopleurodon

Age

Callovian, Middle Jurassic

Type location

Peterborough, England. Also known from Bedfordshire (UK), Cambridgeshire (UK), France (near Boulogne) and possibly Chile.

Geological formation

Oxford Clay Formation

Type specimen

the holotype is only a single tooth

Referred material

Known from several partial skeletons and skulls