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Rhomaleosaurus (meaning "strong lizard") is an
extinct genus of
Early Jur****ic (Toarcian age,
about 183 to 175.6
million years ago)
rhomaleosaurid pliosauroid...
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namely Rhomaleosaurus and Eurycleidus.
Recent studies find
little kinship between Atychodracon and true
Rhomaleosaurus spp.,
aside from traits...
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Kronosaurus and
Pliosaurus macromerus;
other well
known genera include Rhomaleosaurus, Peloneustes, and Macroplata.
Fossil specimens have been
found in Africa...
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nearer the eyes than the tip of the skull.
Unlike the
nostrils of
Rhomaleosaurus, they do not
appear to be
adapted for
underwater olfaction. The orbits...
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Temnodontosaurus among the ichthyosaurs, and Eurycleidus, Macroplata, and
Rhomaleosaurus among the
plesiosaurs (all Rhomaleosauridae,
although as
currently defined...
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interclavicle and
small sca****e,
Leptocleidus resembled the
Early Jur****ic
Rhomaleosaurus and
members of the
Cretaceous family, Polycotylidae. The
animal had...
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explaining that he
preferred Thaumatosaurus ("wonder reptile")
Meyer over
Rhomaleosaurus Seeley,
states "I name our new
species Thaumatosaurus victor". The specific...
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measured 1.5
metres (4 ft 11 in) in length, and may be
related to
Rhomaleosaurus. It is
probably the best
preserved specimen of a
plesiosaur yet discovered...
- pgeola.2013.03.002. Taylor, M. A. (May 1992). "Taxonomy and
taphonomy of
Rhomaleosaurus zetlandicus (Plesiosauria, Reptilia) from the
Toarcian (Lower Jur****ic)...
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formally named by Kuhn in 1961,
originally proposed to
include Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni and its relatives,
which have
short necks and
large heads...
