Graphical timeline of plesiosaurs
Timeline
Taxa
| Taxon | First Appearance Datum | Last Appearance Datum | Previous Estimates | Image |
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Late Hauterivian[1] |
Late Hauterivian[1] |
Late Hauterivian[1] |
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Late Campanian[2] |
Late Campanian[2] |
Late Campanian[2] |
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Early Maastrichtian[3] |
Early Maastrichtian[3] |
Early Maastrichtian[3] |
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Early-Middle Norian[4] |
Early-Middle Norian[4] |
Early-Middle Norian[4] |
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Maastrichtian[5] |
Maastrichtian[5] |
Maastrichtian[5] |
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Maastrichtian[5] |
Maastrichtian[5] |
Maastrichtian[5] |
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Late Maastrichtian[6] |
Late Maastrichtian[6] |
Late Maastrichtian[6] |
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Sinemurian[5] |
Sinemurian[5] |
Sinemurian[5] |
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Early Maastrichtian[7] |
Early Maastrichtian[7] |
Early Maastrichtian[7] |
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Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian[8] |
Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian[8] |
Campanian-Maastrichtian,[5] Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian[8] |
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Turonian[9] |
Turonian[9] |
Turonian[9] |
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Late Albian[10] |
Late Albian[10] |
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Albian[11] |
Albian[11] |
Albian[11] |
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Early Turonian[10] |
Early Turonian[10] |
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Early Albian[12] |
Early Albian[12] |
Early Albian[12] |
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Cenomanian[13] |
Cenomanian[13] |
Cenomanian[13] |
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Earliest Cenomanian[14] |
Earliest Cenomanian[14] |
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Late Sinemurian[12] |
Late Sinemurian[12] |
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Plesiosaurus macrocephalus |
Sinemurian[5] |
Sinemurian[5] |
Sinemurian[5] |
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Toarcian[5] |
Toarcian[5] |
Toarcian[5] |
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Early Kimmeridgian[15] |
Early Kimmeridgian[15] |
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Kimmeridgian[5] |
Kimmeridgian[5] |
Kimmeridgian[5] |
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Kimmeridgian[5] |
Kimmeridgian[5] |
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Pliosaurus irgisensis |
Tithonian[5] |
Tithonian[5] |
Tithonian[5] |
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Callovian-Tithonian[5] |
Callovian-Tithonian[5] |
Callovian-Tithonian[5] |
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Callovian[5] |
Callovian[5] |
Callovian[5] |
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Turonian-Santonian[5] |
Turonian-Santonian[5] |
Turonian-Santonian[5] |
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Campanian[5] |
Campanian[5] |
Campanian[5] |
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Santonian-Campanian[16] |
Santonian-Campanian[16] |
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Tithonian[5] |
Tithonian[5] |
Tithonian[5] |
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Callovian[5] |
Callovian[5] |
Callovian[5] |
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Callovian[5] |
Callovian[5] |
Callovian[5] |
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Aptian[11] |
Aptian[11] |
Aptian[11] |
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Aptian-Albian[5] |
Aptian-Albian[5] |
Aptian-Albian[5] |
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Aptian-Albian[11] |
Aptian-Albian[11] |
Aptian-Albian[11] |
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Aptian-Albian[5] |
Aptian-Albian[5] |
Aptian-Albian[5] |
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Aptian-Albian[11] |
Aptian-Albian[11] |
Aptian-Albian[11] |
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Bajocian[5] |
Bajocian[5] |
Bajocian[5] |
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Bajocian[11] |
Bajocian[11] |
Bajocian[11] |
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Barremian[5] |
Barremian[5] |
Barremian[5] |
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Bathonian[11] |
Bathonian[11] |
Bathonian[11] |
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Berriasian[5] |
Berriasian[5] |
Berriasian[5] |
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Callovian[5] |
Callovian[5] |
Callovian[5] |
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Callovian[5] |
Callovian[5] |
Callovian[5] |
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Callovian[5] |
Callovian[5] |
Callovian[5] |
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Callovian[11] |
Callovian[11] |
Callovian[11] |
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Callovian[5] |
Callovian[5] |
Callovian[5] |
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Callovian[5] |
Callovian[5] |
Callovian[5] |
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Callovian[5] |
Callovian[5] |
Callovian[5] |
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Callovian[5] |
Callovian[5] |
Callovian[5] |
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Callovian[11] |
Callovian[11] |
Callovian[11] |
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Campanian[11] |
Campanian[11] |
Campanian[11] |
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Campanian[5] |
Campanian[5] |
Campanian[5] |
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Santonian-Campanian[17] |
Santonian-Campanian[17] |
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Early Campanian[8] |
Early Campanian[8] |
Early Campanian[8] |
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Campanian-Maastrichtian[11] |
Campanian-Maastrichtian[11] |
Campanian-Maastrichtian[11] |
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Cenomanian[5] |
Cenomanian[5] |
Cenomanian[5] |
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Cenomanian-Turonian[5] |
Cenomanian-Turonian[5] |
Cenomanian-Turonian[5] |
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Hauterivian-Barremian[5] |
Hauterivian-Barremian[5] |
Hauterivian-Barremian[5] |
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Rhaetian-Hettangian[18] |
Rhaetian-Hettangian[18] |
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Hettangian[5] |
Hettangian[5] |
Hettangian[5] |
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Hettangian[5] |
Hettangian[5] |
Hettangian[5] |
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Hettangian[5] |
Hettangian[5] |
Hettangian[5] |
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Kimmeridgian[5] |
Kimmeridgian[5] |
Kimmeridgian[5] |
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Kimmeridgian[11] |
Kimmeridgian[11] |
Kimmeridgian[11] |
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Kimmeridgian-Portlandian[5] |
Kimmeridgian-Portlandian[5] |
Kimmeridgian-Portlandian[5] |
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Kimmeridgian-Tithonian[5] |
Kimmeridgian-Tithonian[5] |
Kimmeridgian-Tithonian[5] |
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Kimmeridgian?[11] |
Kimmeridgian?[11] |
Kimmeridgian?[11] |
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Maastrichtian[5] |
Maastrichtian[5] |
Maastrichtian[5] |
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Maastrichtian[11] |
Maastrichtian[11] |
Maastrichtian[11] |
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Maastrichtian[5] |
Maastrichtian[5] |
Maastrichtian[5] |
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Maastrichtian[5] |
Maastrichtian[5] |
Maastrichtian[5] |
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Maastrichtian[5] |
Maastrichtian[5] |
Maastrichtian[5] |
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Early Turonian[10] |
Early Turonian[10] |
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"Campanian/Maastrichtian"[19] |
"Campanian/Maastrichtian"[19] |
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Oxfordian[11] |
Oxfordian[11] |
Oxfordian[11] |
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Oxfordian[11] |
Oxfordian[11] |
Oxfordian[11] |
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Santonian[11] |
Santonian[11] |
Santonian[11] |
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Santonian[5] |
Santonian[5] |
Santonian[5] |
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Santonian-Campanian[5] |
Santonian-Campanian[5] |
Santonian-Campanian[5] |
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Santonian-Campanian[5] |
Santonian-Campanian[5] |
Santonian-Campanian[5] |
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Sinemurian[5] |
Sinemurian[5] |
Sinemurian[5] |
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Sinemurian[5] |
Sinemurian[5] |
Sinemurian[5] |
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Tithonian[5] |
Tithonian[5] |
Tithonian[5] |
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Toarcian[5] |
Toarcian[5] |
Toarcian[5] |
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Toarcian[5] |
Toarcian[5] |
Toarcian[5] |
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Toarcian[11] |
Toarcian[11] |
Toarcian[11] |
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Toarcian[11] |
Toarcian[11] |
Toarcian[11] |
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Toarcian[5] |
Toarcian[5] |
Toarcian[5] |
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Toarcian[5] |
Toarcian[5] |
Toarcian[5] |
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Sthenarasaurus dawkins |
Toarcian[5] |
Toarcian[5] |
Toarcian[5] |
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Toarcian[5] |
Toarcian[5] |
Toarcian[5] |
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Toarcian[11] |
Toarcian[11] |
Toarcian[11] |
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Turonian[5] |
Turonian[5] |
Turonian[5] |
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Turonian[13] |
Turonian[13] |
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Turonian[13] |
Turonian[13] |
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Turonian[5] |
Turonian[5] |
Turonian[5] |
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Coniacian[18] |
Coniacian[18] |
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Turonian[20] |
Turonian[20] |
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Valanginian[5] |
Valanginian[5] |
Valanginian[5] |
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Pliensbachian[21] |
Pliensbachian[21] |
Pliensbachian[21] |
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Toarcian[22] |
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Early Turonian |
Early Turonian |
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Lariosaurus vosseveldensis |
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Early Maastrichtian[23] |
Early Maastrichtian[23] |
Early Maastrichtian[23] |
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Late Kimmeridgian[24] |
Late Kimmeridgian[24] |
Late Kimmeridgian[24] |
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Early Kimmeridgian[25] |
Kimmeridgian[26] |
Early Kimmeridgian-Kimmeridgian[26] |
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Late Kimmeridgian[27] |
Late Kimmeridgian[27] |
Late Kimmeridgian[27] |
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Late Pliensbachian |
Late Pliensbachian |
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Early Hauterivian |
Early Barremian |
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Footnotes
- 1 2 3 Berezin (2011); "Abstract", page 648.
- 1 2 3 Kubo, Mitchell, and Henderson (2012); "Abstract", page 557.
- 1 2 3 Otero et al. (2016); "Abstract".
- 1 2 3 Sennikov and Arkhangelsky (2010); "Abstract", page 567.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 Smith (2007); "Appendix 1", page 257.
- 1 2 3 Otero et al. (2014); "Abstract", page 100.
- 1 2 3 Araújo et al. (2015); "Abstract", page 109.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Morgan (2016); "In-Group Taxa" (cont.), page 30.
- 1 2 3 Morgan (2016); "In-Group Taxa" (cont.), pages 30-31.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Morgan (2016); "In-Group Taxa" (cont.), page 32.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 Smith (2007); "Appendix 1", page 258.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Morgan (2016); "Out-Group" (cont.), page 29.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Morgan (2016); "In-Group Taxa" (cont.), page 31.
- 1 2 3 Morgan (2016); "In-Group Taxa" (cont.), page 33.
- 1 2 3 Benson et al. (2013); "Pliosaurus brachydeirus Owen, 1841", page 5.
- 1 2 3 Morgan (2016); "In-Group Taxa", page 29.
- 1 2 3 Morgan (2016); "In-Group Taxa" (cont.), pages 29-30.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Morgan (2016); "Out-Group", page 28.
- 1 2 3 Morgan (2016); "In-Group Taxa" (cont.), page 34.
- 1 2 3 Morgan (2016); "In-Group Taxa" (cont.), pages 31-32.
- 1 2 3 Sato et al. (2014); "Phylogenetic and functional inferences", page 72.
- ↑ Smith (2007); "Appendix 1", page 257. Classified under the obsolete binomial "Rhomaleosaurus victor".
- 1 2 3 O'Gorman et al. (2015); "Abstract".
- 1 2 3 Benson et al. (2013); "Pliosaurus carpenteri n. sp.", pages 8-9.
- ↑ Benson et al. (2013); "Pliosaurus kevani n. sp.", page 5.
- 1 2 Benson et al. (2013); "Pliosaurus kevani n. sp.", page 5. Note that although Benson et al. describe the tentatively referred Pliosaurus kevani specimen CAMSM J.35990 and the Lower Kimmeridgian Aulacostephanus mutabilis Biozone from which it likely originated as Lower Kimmeridgian, their "Table 1" on page 25 regard both as Upper Kimmeridgian in age.
- 1 2 3 Benson et al. (2013); "Pliosaurus westburyensis n. sp.", page 5.
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