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Email: plesiosauria@gmail.com
Follow: @adamstuartsmith

Higher taxa

  • Sauropterygia
  • Eosauropterygia
  • Eusauropterygia
  • Pachypleurosauria
  • Nothosauria
  • Pistosauroidea
  • Pistosauria
  • Plesiosauria
  • Pliosauroidea
  • Plesiosauroidea

Families

  • Aristonectidae
  • Brachauchenidae
  • Cimoliasauridae
  • Cryptoclididae
  • Elasmosauridae
  • Leptocleididae
  • Microcleididae
  • Plesiosauridae
  • Pliosauridae
  • Polycotylidae
  • Rhomaleosauridae

Genera

The genera section is under construction, active pages are indicated by an asterisk

  • A
  • Albertonectes
  • Alexeyisaurus
  • Alzadosaurus
  • Anningasaura
  • Aphrosaurus
  • * 'Apractocleidus'
  • * Archaeonectrus
  • * Aristonectes
  • * Attenborosaurus
  • Augustasaurus
  • Avalonnectes
  • B
  • Bathyspondylus
  • Bishanopliosaurus
  • * Bobosaurus
  • Borealonectes
  • Brachauchenius
  • * Brancasaurus
  • C
  • Callawayasaurus
  • 'Cimoliasaurus'
  • Colymbosaurus
  • * Cryptoclidus
  • D
  • Dolichorhynchops
  • E
  • * Edgarosaurus
  • * Elasmosaurus
  • Eoplesiosaurus
  • Eopolycotylus
  • * Eretmosaurus
  • Eromangasaurus
  • Eurycleidus
  • F
  • Fresnosaurus
  • Futabasaurus
  • G
  • Gallardosaurus
  • Georgiasaurus
  • H
  • Hauffiosaurus
  • Hydralmosaurus
  • Hydrorion
  • Hydrotherosaurus
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • * Kaiwhekea
  • * Kimmerosaurus
  • * Kronosaurus
  • L
  • * Leptocleidus
  • Leurospondylus
  • * Libonectes
  • * Liopleurodon
  • Lusonectes
  • M
  • * Macroplata
  • Manemergus
  • * Maresaurus
  • Marmornectes
  • Mauisaurus
  • Megalneusaurus
  • * Meyerasaurus
  • Microcleidus
  • Morenosaurus
  • * 'Morturneria'
  • Muraenosaurus
  • N
  • Nichollssaura
  • O
  • * Occitanosaurus
  • 'Ogmodirus'
  • Opallionectes
  • P
  • * Pachycostasaurus
  • Pahasapasaurus
  • Palmulasaurus
  • Pantosaurus
  • * Peloneustes
  • Pistosaurus
  • Plesiopleurodon
  • Plesiopterys
  • * Plesiosaurus
  • Pliosaurus
  • Polycotylus
  • Polyptychodon
  • Q
  • R
  • * Rhomaleosaurus
  • S
  • Seeleyosaurus
  • Scanisaurus
  • * Simolestes
  • Sthenarosaurus
  • Stratesaurus
  • 'Stretosaurus'
  • Strongylokrotaphus
  • Styxosaurus
  • Sulcusuchus
  • T
  • Tatenectes
  • Terminonatator
  • * Thalassiodracon
  • * Thalassomedon
  • 'Thaumatosaurus'
  • *Thililua
  • Trememesacleis'
  • *Tricleidus
  • Trinacromerum
  • Tuarangisaurus
  • U
  • Umoonasaurus
  • V
  • Vinialesaurus
  • W
  • Wapuskanectes
  • Westphaliasaurus
  • Woolungasaurus
  • X
  • Y
  • Yuzhoupliosaurus
  • Z
  • Zarafasaura

Photographs

This gallery contains photographs of plesiosaur skeletons and bones, ordered alphabetically by genus name.

Cast of Attenborosaurus on display in the Natural History Museum, London.
Detail of the pectoral region of a cast of Attenborosaurus in the Department of Earth Science, Oxford University. Photo by Cait.
Detail of the skull of a cast of Attenborosaurus in the Department of Earth Science, Oxford University. Photo by Cait.
Cast of Attenborosaurus in the Department of Earth Science, Oxford University. Photo by Cait.
Photograph ofthe holotype of Attenborosaurus taken before it was destroyed. The skeleton was mounted in a block together with a cast of the opposite side of the body and the opposite side of the head.
Cast of the Skull of Attenborosaurus in Trinity College, Dublin. Photograph by Adam S. Smith.
The holotype of Bobosaurus (From Dalla Vecchia, 2006)
Specimen referred to Brachauchenius from the Barremian of Colombia
Adult individual of Cryptoclidus in the Natural History Museum, London.
Cryptoclidus excavation.
Cryptoclidus excavtion.
Cryptoclidus in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland. Photo by Adam S. Smith. 2007.
Young individual of Cryptoclidus in the Natural History Museum, London. Photo by Adam S. Smith 2005.
Young individual of Cryptoclidus in the Natural History Museum, London.
Young individual of Cryptoclidus in the Natural History Museum, London.
Adult Cryptoclidus, American Museum of Natural History, New York. Photo by Adam S. Smith
Adult Cryptoclidus, American Museum of Natural History, New York. Photo by Adam S. Smith
Adult Cryptoclidus, American Museum of Natural History, New York.
Cryptoclidus 'oxoniensis' = eurymerus. Postcard from the Paris Musee de Paleontologie.
Cryptoclidus in Tubingen.
Cryptoclidus in Tubingen.
Dolichorhynchops bonneri
Mounted skeleton of the holotype of Dolichorhynchops in the University of Kansans Museum of Natural History (from Williston, 1903).
Dolichorhynchops in the National Museum of Natural History, Washington D. C. Photo by Hector Rivera.
Hauffiosaurus tomistomimus in the Manchester Museum (from Broadhurst and Duffy, 1970).
Hauffiosaurus zanoni in the Hauff Museum, Germany. Photograph by Adam S. Smith.
Skeleton of Hydrorion in the Hauff Museum, Germany. Photograph by Adam S. Smith.
Mounted skeleton of Hydrorion(from Hauff, 1953).
Skeleton of Hydrorion (from Hauff, 1953).
Articulated skeleton of Hydrotherosaurus
Skull of Hydrotherosaurus.
Internal view of the ribcage of the Harvard Kronosaurus queenslandicus skeleton on display in the Museum of Comparitive Zoology (MCZ 1285).
Kronosaurus queenslandicus skeleton in lateral view.
The Harvard Kronosaurus queenslandicus skeleton on display in the Museum of Comparitive Zoology (MCZ 1285). Photo by Hector. E. Rivera.
Referred Leptocleidus material on display in the Dinosaur Isle Museum, Isle of Wight, UK.
Associated skeleton referred to Liopleurodon ferox (from Tarlo, 1960).
Holotype of Liopleurodon pachydeirus (from Tarlo, 1960).
Mounted skeleton of Liopleurodon ferox in the Tubingen Museum, Germany (from Martill and Naish, 2000).
Mounted skeleton of Liopleurodon ferox in the Tubingen Museum, Germany.
Mounted skeleton of Liopleurodon ferox in the Tubingen Museum, Germany.Close up of the skull of the mounted skeleton of Liopleurodon ferox in the Tubingen Museum, Germany. Photo by Markus Felix Bühler
Close up of the skull of the mounted skeleton of Liopleurodon ferox in the Tubingen Museum, Germany. Photo by Markus Felix Bühler
Close up of the skull of the mounted skeleton of Liopleurodon ferox in the Tubingen Museum, Germany. Photo by Markus Felix Bühler
Mounted skeleton of Liopleurodon ferox in the Tubingen Museum, Germany.
Mounted skeleton of Liopleurodon ferox in the Tubingen Museum, Germany.
Mounted skeleton of Liopleurodon ferox in the Tubingen Museum, Germany.
Photograph of Macroplata tenuicepsin situ in Harbury, Warwickshire.
The holotype of Meyerasaurus currently on display in the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart (Löwentor-Museum).
The holotype of Meyerasaurus (from Fraas, 1910).
Detail of the skull of the holotype of Meyerasaurus (from Fraas, 1910).
Cast of Meyerasaurus in the Tubingen Museum, Germany.
Cast of Meyerasaurus in the Tubingen Museum, Germany.
Mounted skeleton of Morenosaurus in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, California, USA.
Part of the holotype material of Occitanosaurus (from Bardet et al. 1999)
Part of the holotype material of Occitanosaurus (from Bardet et al. 1999)
Part of the holotype material of Occitanosaurus (from Bardet et al. 1999)
Part of the holotype material of Occitanosaurus (from Bardet et al. 1999)
Pachycostasaurus skeleton in preparation (from Dawn, 1997)
Referred specimen of Peloneustes in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
Holotype specimen of Peloneustes (from Tarlo, 1960).
Referred specimen of Peloneustes.
Referred specimen of Peloneustes in the Tubingen Museum, Germany.
Referred specimen of Peloneustes in the Tubingen Museum, Germany.
Referred specimen of Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus in the James Mitchell Geology Museum, Galway, Ireland. Photo by Adam S. Smith.
Holotype specimen of Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus in the Natural History Museum, London. Photo by Adam S. Smith.
Cast of the holotype of 'Plesiosaurus' macrocephalus in the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute. Photo by Adam S. Smith.
Holotype specimen of 'Plesiosaurus' macrocephalus in the Natural History Museum, London. Photo by Tom Challands.
Cast of a skull rererred to 'Plesiosaurus' macrocephalus (BMNH 49202), in the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. Photo by Adan. S. Smith.
Cast of a skull rererred to 'Plesiosaurus' macrocephalus (BMNH 49202) in the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. Photo by Adan. S. Smith.
Holotype specimen of Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus in the Natural History Museum, London. Photo by Tom Challands.
Skull referred to Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus in the Natural History Museum, London.
Pliosaur teeth from the Oxford Clay Formation (from Tarlo, 1960).
Holotype specimen of Pliosaurus andrewsi (from Tarlo, 1960).
Holotype specimen of Pliosaurus brachydeirus (from Tarlo, 1960).
>Holotype specimen of Pliosaurus brachyspondylus (from Tarlo, 1960).
The 'Westbury Pliosaur 1' specimen of Pliosaurus brachyspondylus, skull on display in the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. Photo by Chris Crump
The 'Westbury Pliosaur 1' specimen of Pliosaurus brachyspondylus, skull on display in the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. Photo by Chris Crump
The 'Westbury Pliosaur 1' specimen of Pliosaurus brachyspondylus, skull on display in the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. Photo by Chris Crump.
The 'Westbury Pliosaur 1' specimen of Pliosaurus brachyspondylus, vertebral material on display in the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. Photo by Chris Crump
Cryptoclidus model in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland. Photograph by Adam S. Smith.
Cryptoclidus model in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland. Photograph by Adam S. Smith.
Cryptoclidus model in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland. Photograph by Adam S. Smith.
Cryptoclidus model in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland. Photograph by Adam S. Smith.
Cryptoclidus model in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland. Photograph by Adam S. Smith.
Cryptoclidus model in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland. Photograph by Adam S. Smith.
Cryptoclidus model in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland. Photograph by Adam S. Smith.
Cryptoclidus model in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland. Photograph by Adam S. Smith.
Cryptoclidus model in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland. Photograph by Adam S. Smith.
Cryptoclidus model in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland. Photograph by Adam S. Smith.
Cryptoclidus model in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland. Photograph by Adam S. Smith.
Cryptoclidus model in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland. Photograph by Adam S. Smith.
Simolestes
Simolestes
Simolestes
Simolestes
Stretosaurus
Stretosaurus
Stretosaurus
Thalassiodracon
Thalassiodracon
Thalassiodracon
Thalassiodracon
Thalassiodracon
Thalassiodracon
Thalassiodracon
Thalassomedon
Thalassomedon
Thalassomedon
Thalassomedon
Thalassomedon
Cryptoclidus model in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland. Photograph by Adam S. Smith.
Trinacromerum

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The skeletons in the site header are (from left to right): Kronosaurus (in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge), Thalassomedon (in the American Museum of Natural History, New York), Cryptoclidus (In the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow), Rhomaleosaurus (in the Natural History Museum, London), Dolichorhynchops (in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, Washington) and Thalassiodracon (in the Natural History Museum, London).

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