Editing Pliosauroidea (section)

==Name==
[[Image:Liopleurodon ferox 2.jpg|thumb|''Liopleurodon ferox'']]
Pliosauroidea was named by [[Samuel Paul Welles|Welles]] in 1943. It is adapted from the name of the genus ''[[Pliosaurus]]'', which is derived from the [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] {{lang|grc|πλειων}} ({{Transliteration|grc|pleion}}), meaning "more/closely", and {{lang|grc|σαυρος}} ({{Transliteration|grc|sauros}}) meaning "lizard"; it therefore means "more [[sauria]]n". The name ''Pliosaurus'' was coined in 1841 by [[Richard Owen]], who believed that it represented a link between plesiosauroids and [[crocodilian]]s (considered a type of "saurian"), particularly due to their crocodile-like teeth.