‭ ‬Pliosauridae. - Prehistoric-Wildlife

Anguanax

In Depth Descriptions of the fossils of Anguanax first came to press in‭ ‬2014,‭ ‬though the genus was not officially named until‭ ‬2015‭ ‬when further fossil remains could be described for it.‭ ‬With the first fossils coming from Northern Italy,‭ ‬Anguanax is recognised as being the he first pliosaur genus to be known from articulated … Read more

Archaeonectrus

In Depth Originally described as a species of Plesiosaurus by Richard Owen in‭ ‬1865,‭ ‬it was identified as a distinct genus just under a hundred years later in‭ ‬1964.‭ ‬Archaeonectrus is now regarded as a rhomaleosaurid pliosaur, and would have been a predator of other marine organisms. Further Reading – A monograph of the fossil … Read more