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Attenborosaurus conybeari

Attenborosaurus
Temporal range: Early Jurassic
Attenborosaurus conybearei 2.JPG
Cast of the holotype fossil, Natural History Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Family: Pliosauridae
Genus: Attenborosaurus
Bakker, 1993
Species: A. conybeari
Binomial name
Attenborosaurus conybeari
(Sollas, 1881)

Attenborosaurus is an extinct genus of pliosaurid from the Early Jurassic of Dorset, England. The type species is A. conybeari. The genus is named after David Attenborough, the species after William Conybeare.

The following cladogram follows an analysis by Benson & Druckenmiller (2014).

Stratesaurus

Eoplesiosaurus

Plesiosauroidea

Rhomaleosauridae

Thalassiodracon

Hauffiosaurus

Attenborosaurus

Marmornectes

Peloneustes

"Pliosaurus" andrewsi

Simolestes

Liopleurodon

"Liopleurodon" rossicus

Pliosaurus

Gallardosaurus

Brachauchenius

Kronosaurus

Megacephalosaurus



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