Taxon
Rhomaleosaurus victor
Etymology
"conqueror," named to characterize the excellent type specimen ("surpassing in beauty all previous discoveries") and for Viktor Fraas (brother of Eberhart Fraas), who helped secure the fossil for the Stuttgart Museum.
Fossils
Catalogue No
Collection
Specimen
Age
Toarcian (Stage/Age)
Rock Unit
Posidonia Shale Formation
Locality
Holzmaden
Rhomaleosaurus victor
Refered Specimen
Großmann, Franziska (2006) Taxonomy, phylogeny and palaeoecology of the plesiosauroids (Sauropterygia, Reptilia) from the Posidonia shale (Toarcian, Lower Jurassic) of Holzmaden, south west Germany; PhD, pp.135
Rhomaleosaurus victor
Refered Specimen
Araújo, Ricardo (2015) Soft-tissue anatomy of the Plesiosaur pectoral girdle inferred from basal Eosauropterygia taxa and the extant phylogenetic bracket; Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.8A, pp.1-32
Specimen
Age
Toarcian (Stage/Age)
Rock Unit
Posidonia Shale Formation
Locality
Holzmaden
Rhomaleosaurus victor
Refered Specimen
Großmann, Franziska (2006) Taxonomy, phylogeny and palaeoecology of the plesiosauroids (Sauropterygia, Reptilia) from the Posidonia shale (Toarcian, Lower Jurassic) of Holzmaden, south west Germany; PhD, pp.135
Specimen
Age
Toarcian (Stage/Age)
Rock Unit
Posidonia Shale Formation
Locality
Holzmaden
Rhomaleosaurus victor
Holotype
Großmann, Franziska (2006) Taxonomy, phylogeny and palaeoecology of the plesiosauroids (Sauropterygia, Reptilia) from the Posidonia shale (Toarcian, Lower Jurassic) of Holzmaden, south west Germany; PhD, pp.135
Rhomaleosaurus victor
Holotype
Araújo, Ricardo (2015) Soft-tissue anatomy of the Plesiosaur pectoral girdle inferred from basal Eosauropterygia taxa and the extant phylogenetic bracket; Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.8A, pp.1-32