Simolestes

Simolestes; Temporal range: 171–145 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Middle-Late Jurassic
	File:Simolestes.jpg
	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. indicus; S. keileni

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Simolestes (meaning "hearkening thief") is an extinct pliosaurid genus that lived in the Middle to Late Jurassic.^[1]

Restoration of S. vorax

Simolestes could exceed 10m in length.^[2]

References

↑ Smith AS, Dyke GJ. 2008. The skull of the giant predatory pliosaur Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni: implications for plesiosaur phylogenetics. Naturwissenschaften e-published 2008.
↑ Forrest, R. (2000). A large rhomaleosaurid pliosaur from the Upper Lias of Rutland. Mercian Geologist, 15(1), 37-40.[1]

Simolestes Temporal range: 171–145 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Middle-Late Jurassic
File:Simolestes.jpg
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. indicus S. keileni