- The
Plesiosauridae are a
monophyletic family of
plesiosaurs named by John
Edward Gray in 1825.
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plesiosauroids in
appearance and, indeed, used to be
included in the
family Plesiosauridae.
Pliosauroidea was
named by
Welles in 1943. It is
adapted from the name...
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morphology fundamentally different from the plesiosaurids. The
family Plesiosauridae had
already been
coined by John
Edward Gray in 1825. In 1835, Henri...
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classified during the 19th century,
along with the
Pliosauridae and the
Plesiosauridae. However, most of
these traits led to many
genera since recognized as...
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traditional "microcleidid"
genera to nest
within a
monophyletic Plesiosauridae, in a
close position to Plesiosaurus. However,
Ketchum and
Benson (2011)...
- and are
distinguished by
various specific details.
These include the
Plesiosauridae,
unspecialized types which are
limited to the
Early Jur****ic period;...
- †Sauropterygia Order: †Plesiosauria Superfamily: †Plesiosauroidea Family: †
Plesiosauridae Genus: †Plesiosaurus De la
Beche & Conybeare, 1821 Species: †P. doli****irus...
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larger head and
shorter neck than the
Plesiosauridae and Elasmosauridae.
Teeth resemble those of the
Plesiosauridae. The
group is
known only from scanty...
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plesiosaurs were classified, the
others being the
Pliosauridae and
Plesiosauridae (sometimes
merged into one group).
Charles Andrews elaborated on differences...
- Smith, Araújo and
Mateus (2012)
found Lusonectes to
belong to the
Plesiosauridae when
placed within a
cladogram created by
Ketchum and
Benson (2010)...
