References
Reference
Bardet, Nathalie and Godefroit, Pascal (1995) Plesiosaurus houzeaui DOLLO, 1909 from the Upper Campanian of Ciply (Belgium) and a review of the Upper Cretaceous plesiosaurs from Europe.; Bulletin De L, 65(), pp.179-186
Plesiosaurus houzeaui DOLLO, 1909 from the Upper Campanian of Ciply (Belgium) and a review of the Upper Cretaceous plesiosaurs from Europe.
Principal Author
Nathalie Bardet
Other Authors
Pascal Godefroit
Header
Academic paper
Journal
Bulletin De L
Volume
65
Pages
179-186
Abstract
The holotype of <I>Plesiosaurus houzeaui </I>DOLLO, 1909 consists of plesiosaurian bones, discovered in the Spiennes Chalk (Upper Campanian) of the Ciply area (Mons Basin, Belgium). The description of the type material shows that <I>Plesiosaurus houzeaui</I> is an invalid species based on heterogeneous elasmosaurid and also probably non- elasmosaurid plesiosaurian material. A review of plesiosaurian material previously described from the Upper Cretaceous of Europe indicates that Elasmosauridae and Pliosauridae are represented. <I>Polyptychodon </I>is the only valid genus of plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Europe.
Keywords
Sauropterygia
Language
English