Liopleurodon

Liopleurodon Temporal range: Middle–Late Jurassic, 160–155 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
L. ferox skeleton, Museum of Paleontology, Tuebingen
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Reptilia
Order:	†Plesiosauria
Suborder:	†Pliosauroidea
Faimily:	†Pliosauridae
Genus:	†Liopleurodon Sauvage, 1873
Species
L. ferox Sauvage, 1873 (teep) ?L. pachydeirus (Seeley, 1869)
Synonyms
Pliosaurus ferox (Sauvage, 1873) Lydekker, 1888 Pliosaurus pachydeirus Seeley, 1869 ?Pliosaurus giganteus Conybeare, 1824 ?Ischyrodon meriani von Meyer, 1838

Liopleurodon (meanin 'smuith-sidit teeth') is a genus o lairge, carnivorous marine reptile belangin tae the Pliosauroidea, a clade o short-necked plesiosaurs.