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Phosphorosaurus
Taxonomy
Phosphorosaurus was named by Dollo (1889).
It was synonymized subjectively with Plioplatecarpus by Russell (1967).
It was assigned to Halisaurinae by Mateus et al. (2012), Konishi et al. (2016) and Driscoll et al. (2019); and to Halisaurini by Longrich et al. (2021).
It was synonymized subjectively with Plioplatecarpus by Russell (1967).
It was assigned to Halisaurinae by Mateus et al. (2012), Konishi et al. (2016) and Driscoll et al. (2019); and to Halisaurini by Longrich et al. (2021).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1889 | Phosphorosaurus Dollo p. 68 |
| 2012 | Phosphorosaurus Mateus et al. |
| 2016 | Phosphorosaurus Konishi et al. |
| 2019 | Phosphorosaurus Driscoll et al. |
| 2021 | Phosphorosaurus Longrich et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Phosphorosaurus Dollo 1889
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†Phosphorosaurus ortliebi Dollo 1889
†Phosphorosaurus ponpetelegans Konishi et al. 2016
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Gervais 1852, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Japan | P. ponpetelegans (194131) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Belgium | Halisaurus ortliebi (82892) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Angola (Namibe) | P. sp. (106705) |