Simolestes Temporal range: 171–145 Ma Middle-Late Jurassic |
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Diagram of the skull of S. vorax | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Pliosauridae |
Clade: | †Thalassophonea |
Genus: | †Simolestes |
Species | |
S. vorax (type species) |
S. vorax (type species)
S. indicus
S. keileni
Simolestes (meaning "hearkening thief") is an extinct pliosaurid genus that lived in the Middle to Late Jurassic.
Simolestes could exceed 10m in length.