Named By: | Roger B. J. Benson, Mark Evans & Patrick S. Druckenmiller in 2012 |
Time Period: | Early Jurassic, 199.6-198 Ma |
Location: | England - Blue Lias Formation |
Size: | About 3 meters long |
Diet: | Piscivore |
Fossil(s): | Almost complete skeleton, lacking the skull |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Sauropterygia | Plesiosauria | |
Eoplesiosaurus is an extinct genus of basal plesiosauroid known from the Early Jurassic period (most likely earliest Hettangian stage) of the United Kingdom. It contains a single species, E. antiquior.