Genus: Pholidosaurus MEYER, 1841
Etymology:
= Macrorhynchus DUNKER, 1843
Etymology:
= Petrosuchus OWEN, 1878
Etymology:

Species: schaumburgensis MEYER, 1841
Etymology:
= Macrorhynchus schaumburgensis (MEYER, 1887)

Holotype:

Locality: Harrels, Buckeburg, Lower Saschen (Saxony) State, Germany.

Horizon: Hastings Sand, Wealden Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Cretaceous.

Material: Vertebrae, ribs and dermal armor.

Referred material:

KOKEN, 1919

Number: Not given: Skull and lower jaws.

LYDEKKER, 1888

BMNH 40643: Cast of type.

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Species: meyeri (DUNKER, 1843)
Etymology:
= Macrorhynchus meyeri DUNKER, 1843

Holotype:

Locality: Harrels, Buckeburg, Lower Saschen (Saxony) State, Germany.

Horizon: Hastings Sand, Wealden Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Cretaceous.

Material: Skull.

Referred material:

KOKEN, 1919

Number: Not given: Section of snout with teeth, with brain case.

 

LYDEKKER, 1887

Locality: Brook, in the Isle of Wight County, England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon: Wealden Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Cretaceous.

Material:

BMNH 36537: Crown of tooth.

BMNH 46777-8: 2 fragmentary dorsal vertebrae.

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Species: purbeckensis (MANSEL-PLEYDELL, 1888) SALISBURY, 2002
Etymology:
= Steneosaurus purbeckensis MANSIL-PlEYDELL, 1888

Holotype:

Locality: Dorset, or Swanage, England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon: Purbeck Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material: Upper surface of a skull lacking the snout.

Referred material:

= Philodosaurus decipiens WATSON, 1911
Etymology:
= Petrosuchus levidens OWEN, 1878 (partim)

Holotype: BMNH 28432

Locality: Swange, Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon: Purbeck.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material: Imperfect skull.

Referred material:

LYDEKKER, 1888

BMNH 41099: Fragmentary right ramus.

BMNH 43598a: Anterior portion of right ramus, 3 scutes, caudal vertebra, an imperfect long bone.

 

ANDREWS, 1913

Locality: England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon: Middle Purbeck.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: Imperfect skull and lower jaw, the atlas and axis, 4 other cervical and 2 or 3 dorsal vertebrae, ribs, limb and girdle bones, and dorsal and ventral scutes.

 

= Pholidosaurus laevis ANDREWS, 1913
Etymology:

Holotype: BMNH R. 3414

Locality: Swanage, Dorset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon: Middle Purbeck.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Upper Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.

Material: Fragmentary skull and fragmentary skeleton.