Plesiosaurus is a genus of extinct, large marine sauropterygian reptile that lived during the Early Jurassic. It is known by nearly complete skeletons from the Lias of England. Measuring around 3.5 m
Letter concerning the discovery of the genus from Mary Anning
Illustration of the skeletal anatomy of a Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus from Conybeare's 1824 paper that described an almost complete plesiosaur skeleton found by Mary Anning in 1823
Specimen referred to Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus (NHMUK OR 36183)
Thalassiodracon is an extinct genus of plesiosauroid from the Pliosauridae that was alive during the Late Triassic-Early Jurassic and is known exclusively from the Lower Lias of England. The type and
Sculpture in Crystal Palace Park