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Pterosaurs
New taxa
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location NotesImages
Cimoliornis
Nomen dubiumOwen Middle Cretaceous (Turonian)Unnamed unit in Chalk Group UKA dubious pterosaur.
Rhamphorhynchus
Valid
von Meyer Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian)Solnhofen Formation Germany
Portugal
Tanzania
UK
SpainA rhamphorhynchid pterosaur.thumb|Rhamphorhynchus
Sauropterygians
Newly named plesiosaurs
Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPlesiosaurus megacephalusValidStutchburyEarly Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)Blue Lias UKA rhomaleosaurid plesiosaur; type species of Atychodracon Smith, 2015.
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