Rhomaleosaurus
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| phylum | Chordata | Rhomaleosaurus (meaning "strong lizard") is an extinct genus of Early Jurassic (Toarcian age, about 183 to 175.6 million years ago) rhomaleosaurid pliosauroid known from Northamptonshire and from Yorkshire of the United Kingdom. Its length was about 7 m (23 ft) long. Like other pliosaurs, Rhomaleosaurus fed on ichthyosaurs, ammonites and other plesiosaurs.
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| clade | Diapsida | |
| superorder | Sauropterygia | |
| order | Plesiosauria | |
| family | Rhomaleosauridae | |
| genus | Rhomaleosaurus | |
| Time | Early Jurassic |
