Meyerasaurus

In Depth        Initially described as a species of Plesiosaurus back in‭ ‬1910,‭ ‬Meyerasaurus has spent a lot of time being shunted around from one genus to another before it was given its own place.‭ ‬First the remains were moved from Plesiosaurus to Thaumatosaurus.‭ ‬Then a long necked pliosaur called Rhomaleosaurus was suggested to be‭ ‬a‭ … Read more

Rhomaleosaurus

rhomaleosaurus

In Depth Classification and naming history of Rhomaleosaurus        The first remains of Rhomaleosaurus were originally named by Alexander Carte and W.‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Bailey as a species of Plesiosaurus,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬cramptoni,‭ ‬which was in honour of Sir Philip Crampton,‭ ‬an anatomist who brought the remains to‭ ‬wider‭ ‬public attention.‭ ‬In‭ ‬1874‭ ‬Harry Govier Seeley found the … Read more