†Liopleurodon ferox Sauvage 1873 (plesiosaur)
Reptilia - Sauropterygia - Pliosauridae
PaleoDB taxon number: 100097
Alternative combinations: Pliosaurus ferox, Polyptychodon ferox
Synonym: Thaumatosaurus mosquensis Kiprijanoff 1883 (taxon 264271)
Full reference: H.-E. Sauvage. 1873. Notes sur les reptiles fossiles. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, série 3 1:365-386
Belongs to Liopleurodon according to F. R. O'Keefe 2001
Sister taxon: Liopleurodon pachydeirus
Type specimens:
- Liopleurodon ferox: BMNH R3536, a tooth. Its type locality is Le Wast, which is in a Callovian marine horizon in the Oxford Clay Formation of France.
- Thaumatosaurus mosquensis:
Ecology: aquatic carnivore