Talk:Oxford Clay
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Replacement headings for "Presence" column
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Replacement headings for "Taxa" column
Cell background colors
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Color key
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Purple for taxa falsely reported as present:
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Palebiota expansion
[edit]Here is a list of non-dinosaurian reptiles from the Oxford Clay:
Plesiosaurs:
1. Liopleurodon ferox Sauvage, 1873
2. Marmornectes candrewi Ketchum and Benson, 2011
3. Simolestes vorax Andrews, 1913
4. "Pliosaurus" andrewsi Tarlo, 1960
5. Peloneustes philarchus (Seeley, 1869)
6. Pachycostasaurus dawnii Cruickshank, Martill, David, and Noe, 1996
7. Cryptocleidus eurymerus (Philips, 1871)
8. Cryptocleidus richardsoni (Lydekker, 1889)
9. Tricleidus seelyi Andrews, 1909
10. Muraenosaurus leedsi Seeley, 1874 (=Tremamesacleis platyclis [Seeley, 1892])
11. Muraenosaurus beloclis (Seeley, 1892) (type species of Picrocleidus Andrews, 1909)
Ichthyosaurs:
1. Ophthalmosaurus icenicus Seeley, 1874
Pterosaurs:
1. "Rhamphorhynchus" jessoni Lydekker, 1890
Marine crocodiles:
1. Suchodus brachyrhynchus (Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1867)
2. Suchodus durobrivensis Lydekker, 1890
3. Gracilineustes leedsi (Andrews, 1913)
4. Metriorhynchus superciliosus (Blainville, 1853)
5. Steneosaurus edwardsi Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1867
6. Steneosaurus leedsi Andrews, 1909
7. Steneosaurus durobrivensis Andrews, 1909
8. Steneosaurus obtusidens Andrews, 1909
9. New genus and species (Young et. al., in press)
Young MT, Andrade MB, Brusatte SL, Sakamoto M, Liston J (2012) The oldest known metriorhynchid super-predator: a new genus and species from the Middle Jurassic of England, with implications for serration and mandibular evolution in predacious clades. J Syst Palaeontol. In press. 68.4.28.33 (talk) 20:29, 10 November 2012 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian
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