Attenborosaurus
| Attenborosaurus | |
|---|---|
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| Cast of the holotype fossil, Natural History Museum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Family: | †Pliosauridae |
| Genus: | †Attenborosaurus Bakker, 1993 |
| Species: | †A. conybeari |
| Binomial name | |
| Attenborosaurus conybeari (Sollas, 1881) | |
Attenborosaurus is an extinct genus of pliosaurid from the Early Jurassic of Dorset, England. The type species is A. conybeari. The genus is named after David Attenborough, the species after William Conybeare.[1]
Classification
Life restoration of A. conybeari
Life restoration with Asteroceras obtusum
The following cladogram follows an analysis by Benson & Druckenmiller (2014).[2]
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