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Tethysaurus nopcsai

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Tethysaurus nopcsai was named by Bardet et al. (2003). Its type specimen is MNHN GOU1, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North of Goulmima (Unit 4), which is in a Turonian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Akrabou Formation of Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Tethysaurus nopcsai Bardet et al. pp. 611-613 figs. 1, 2
2014Tethysaurus nopcsai Fanti et al.
2019Tethysaurus nopcsai Driscoll et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
superfamilyMosasauroidea
subfamilyTethysaurinae
genusTethysaurus
speciesnopcsai

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.

†Tethysaurus nopcsai Bardet et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
N. Bardet et al. 2003"Medium-sized mosasauroid less than 3 meters in length; prefrontal strongly vaulted in anterior view; parietal exhibits a triangular table ending posteriorly in two pointed pegs overlying the supraoccipital; jugal with a large and wide ascending ramus; medullar floor of the basioccipital pierced by three foramina; splenial with a large notched dorsomedial process; surangular exposed medially ventral to the coronoid; dental formula 19-20 maxillary, 15-19 pterygoid and at least 19 dentary teeth; large paracotylar and parazygosphenal foramina on vertebrae."
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:13
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:13
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Morocco (Er-Rachidia) Aigialosauridae indet. (type locality: 103973)