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