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Simolestes

Simolestes vorax skull

Simolestes is an extinct genus of pliosaurs that lived in the Middle to Late Jurassic [1]. Three species are currently known:

  • Simolestes keileni from the Bajocian of France
  • Simolestes vorax from the CallovianOxford Clay Formation of England
  • Simolestes indicus from the Tithonian of India

References[]

  1. ^ Smith AS, Dyke GJ. 2008. The skull of the giant predatory pliosaur Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni: implications for plesiosaur phylogenetics. Naturwissenschaften e-published 2008.

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