Simolestes
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Cimolestes.
Simolestes (meaning "snub-nosed thief") is an extinct pliosaurid genus that lived in the Middle to Late Jurassic.[2] The type specimen, NHMUK PV R 3319 is an almost complete but crushed skeleton diagnostic to Simolestes vorax, dating back to the Callovian of the Oxford Clay formation, England. The genus might also be known from the Tithonian Bhuj Formation of India (S.indicus),[3] however the referral of this species to Simolestes is dubious.[4] S.keileni from France was moved to the new genus Lorrainosaurus in 2023.[5]
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Diagram of the skull of S. vorax | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Pliosauridae |
Clade: | †Thalassophonea |
Genus: | †Simolestes Andrews, 1909 |
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