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Rhomaleosaurus megacephalus
Reference
Sutchbury, Samuel (1846) A description of a new species of Plesiosaurus in the museum of the Bristol Institution; Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, 2, pp.411-417
Etymology
megacephalus = large-headed
Fossils
 
Catalogue No
Collection
Specimen
LEICT G846.1898
New Walk Museum, Leicester
Age
Hettangian (Stage/Age)
Locality
Barrow on Soar
 
ID record for LEICT G846.1898
Rhomaleosaurus megacephalus
Refered Specimen
 
Specimen
LEICT G221.1851
New Walk Museum, Leicester
Age
Hettangian (Stage/Age)
Rock Unit
Lower Lias Formation
Locality
Barrow on Soar
 
ID record for LEICT G221.1851
Rhomaleosaurus megacephalus
Neotype
Cruickshank, Arthur R I (1994) Cranial anatomy of the Lower Jurassic pliosaur <i>Rhomaleosaurus megacephalus </i>(Stuchbury) (Reptilia: Plesiosauria); Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 343(B), pp.247-26
Rhomaleosaurus megacephalus
Neotype
 
Specimen
BRSMG Cb 2335
Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
Age
Rhaetian (Stage/Age)
Rock Unit
Lower Lias Clay Formation
Locality
Street on the Fosse
 
ID record for BRSMG Cb 2335
Rhomaleosaurus megacephalus
Holotype
Cruickshank, Arthur R I (1994) Cranial anatomy of the Lower Jurassic pliosaur <i>Rhomaleosaurus megacephalus </i>(Stuchbury) (Reptilia: Plesiosauria); Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 343(B), pp.247-26
Specimen
NMING F 10194
National Museum of Ireland, Dublin
Age
Hettangian (Stage/Age)
Rock Unit
Lower Lias Formation
Locality
Street
 
ID record for NMING F 10194
Rhomaleosaurus megacephalus
Refered Specimen