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Stratesaurus taylori

Species

S. taylori

Author

Benson, Evans and Druckenmiller (2012)

Classification

  • Sauropterygia
    • Eosauropterygia
      • Eusauropterygia
        • Pistosauroidea
          • Pistosauria
            • Plesiosauria

  • Stratesaurus

S. taylori

Age

Lower Hettangian

Type location

Street, Somerset, UK

Geological formation

Blue Lias Formation

Type specimen

OUMNH J.10337, skull and partial postcranium

Referred material

AGT 11, a skull; GSM 26035, a skull

S. taylori is the type and only species of Stratesaurus.

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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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