- I"
retroarticular process,
unlike P.
brachydeirus, P.
brachyspondylus and P. macromerus.
Unlike P.
brachydeirus, its
cervical centra possess a rugose...
-
Brachydeirus is a
genus of
small to
moderately large-sized
arthrodire placoderms from the Late
Devonian of Europe,
restricted to the Kellw****erkalk Fauna...
- in a
similar manner) as "all taxa more
closely related to
Pliosaurus brachydeirus than to
Leptocleidus superstes,
Polycotylus latipinnis or Meyerasaurus...
- was
defined by
Welles as "all taxa more
closely related to
Pliosaurus brachydeirus than to
Plesiosaurus doli****irus".
Pliosauridae and Rhomaleosauridae...
-
though these are no
longer seen as valid. In 1841, Owen
named Pliosaurus brachydeirus. Its
etymology referred to the
earlier Plesiosaurus doli****irus as...
- "In-Group Taxa" (cont.), page 33.
Benson et al. (2013); "Pliosaurus
brachydeirus Owen, 1841", page 5.
Morgan (2016); "In-Group Taxa", page 29. Morgan...
- and this
species was
later viewed as a
synonym of
either Pliosaurus brachydeirus or P.
brachyspondylus by
following authors.
Since the name Pliosaurus...
-
Squamatognathus Tafilalichthys Tapinosteus Titanichthys Brachydeiridae Brachydeirus Oxyosteus Synauchenia Selenosteidae Alienacanthus Amazichthys Brachyosteus...
-
Pliosaurus brachyspondylus Pliosaurus macromerus Pliosaurus brachydeirus Pliosaurus westburyensis...
- make up the
superfamily Brachydeiroidea. The half a
dozen species of
Brachydeirus are
comparable (on a
superficial level) in form and size to
trout or...
