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Megalneusaurus Fossil range: Late Jurassic Megalneusaurus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Sauropterygia Order: Plesiosauria Suborder: Pliosauroidea Genus: Megalneusaurus Binomial name Megalneusaurus rex Megalneusaurus is an extinct genus of large pliosaur that lived in the Sundance Sea during the Kimmeridgian, ~156-152 million years ago, in the Late Jurassic. The genus and type species was based upon ribs, vertebrae, a fore-paddle and fragments of the pectoral girdle discovered in Wyoming, USA in 1895.[1] The species named as Megalneusaurus rex (meaning "great swimming lizard King") in 1898.[2] However some of this material has since been lost, although new material has been discovered from the same site.[3] Based upon the bones very large size, it appears to have grown to a size comparable to Liopleurodon. Material from southern Alaska have been referred to Megalneusaurus, although this material is from an individual of much smaller size [4]. References ^ Knight WC. 1895 A new Jurassic plesiosaur from Wyoming. Science 2: 449. ^ Knight WC. 1898. Some new Jurassic vertebrates from Wyoming. American Journal of Science 4: 378-381. ^ Wahl WR, Ross M, Massare JA. 2007. Rediscovery of Wilbur Knight’s Megalneusaurus rex site: new material from an old pit. Paludicola 6 (2): 94-104. ^ Weems RE, Blodgett RB. 1996. The pliosaurid Megalneusaurus: a newly recognized occurrence in the Upper Jurassic Neknek Formation of the Alaska Peninsula. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2152: 169-175. paleontology portal v • d • e Plesiosauria Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Sauropsida · Superorder: Sauropterygia   Major clades Families Pliosauridae · Plesiosauridae · Elasmosauridae · Cryptoclididae · Cimoliasauridae · Polycotylidae Related articles Sauropterygia · Nothosaurs · Pachypleurosaurs  · Pistosaurus   Plesiosauroidea Plesiosauridae Plesiosaurus Cryptoclididae Cryptoclidus · Kaiwhekea · Muraenosaurus · Pantosaurus  · Vinialesaurus Cimoliasauridae Colymbosaurus · Kimmerosaurus · Scanisaurus Elasmosauridae Aphrosaurus · Aristonectes · Brancasaurus · Callawayasaurus · Elasmosaurus · Fresnosaurus · Futabasaurus · Hydrotherosaurus · Libonectes · Mauisaurus · Microcleidus · Morenosaurus · Occitanosaurus · Ogmodirus · Styxosaurus · Terminonatator · Thalassomedon · Tuarangisaurus · Woolungasaurus Polycotylidae Dolichorhynchops · Edgarosaurus · Manemergus · Sulcusuchus · Thililua · Trinacromerum Others Leurospondylus · Nichollssaura   Pliosauroidea Rhomaleosauridae Archaeonectrus · Macroplata · Maresaurus · Rhomaleosaurus · Yuzhoupliosaurus Leptocleididae Leptocleidus · Umoonasaurus Pliosauridae Brachauchenius · Kronosaurus · Liopleurodon · Peloneustes · Plesiopleurodon · Pliosaurus · Polyptychodon · Simolestes Others Attenborosaurus · Megalneusaurus · Thalassiodracon This article about a prehistoric reptile is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e