List of plesiosaur type specimens

This list of plesiosaur type specimens is a list of fossils serving as the official standard-bearers for inclusion in the species and genera of the reptile clade Plesiosauria, which includes the short-necked pliosaurs and long necked plesiosauroids. Type specimens are those which are definitionally members of biological taxa and additional specimens can only be "referred" to these taxa if an expert deems them sufficiently similar to the type.

The list
Species Genus Nickname Catalogue Number Institution Age Unit Country Notes Images

Dolichorhynchops osborni

Dolichorhynchops

N/A

KUVP 1300

Elasmosaurus platyurus

Elasmosaurus

N/A

ANSP 10081 "(not ANSP 18001 as reported by Welles)" -Kenneth Carpenter

Libonectes morgani

Libonectes

N/A

SMUSMP 69120

Plesiosaurus brachypterygius

N/A

N/A

GPIT von Huene 1923, pls 1–2

Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus

Plesiosaurus

N/A

BMNH 22656

United Kingdom
BMNH 22656

Plesiosaurus guilelmiimperatoris

N/A

N/A

MB. 1893/94.1961 [Holotype] O

Plesiosaurus macromus

N/A

N/A

OXFUM J.28587

Seeleyosaurus holzmadensis

N/A

SMNS 12039

References

http://plesiosauria.com/final_thesis/10_appendices.pdf

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