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Simosauridae
Taxonomy
Simosaurinae was named by Nopcsa (1928).
It was reranked as the family Simosauridae by Huene (1948), Young (1965), Kuhn (1966), Kuhn (1971), Carroll (1988) and Rieppel (2000).
It was assigned to Pachypleurosauridae by Nopsca (1928); to Pachypleuridae by Nopcsa (1928); to Plesiosauria by Huene (1948); to Pachypleurosauroidea by Young (1965); to Nothosauria by Kuhn (1966); to Nothosaurida by Kuhn (1971); to Nothosauria by Carroll (1988); and to Simosauria by Rieppel (2000).
It was reranked as the family Simosauridae by Huene (1948), Young (1965), Kuhn (1966), Kuhn (1971), Carroll (1988) and Rieppel (2000).
It was assigned to Pachypleurosauridae by Nopsca (1928); to Pachypleuridae by Nopcsa (1928); to Plesiosauria by Huene (1948); to Pachypleurosauroidea by Young (1965); to Nothosauria by Kuhn (1966); to Nothosaurida by Kuhn (1971); to Nothosauria by Carroll (1988); and to Simosauria by Rieppel (2000).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
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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.
Fm. †Simosauridae Nopcsa 1928
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G. †Conchiosaurus Meyer 1833
G. †Paludidraco de Miguel Chaves et al. 2018
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†Paludidraco multidentatus de Miguel Chaves et al. 2018
G. †Simosaurus Meyer 1842
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†Simosaurus gaillardoti Meyer and Plieninger 1842
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Invalid names: Ichthyosaurus lunevillensis Alberti 1837 [synonym], Simosaurus guilielmi Meyer 1847 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015 |
Collections (15 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Illyrian | Israel | Simosaurus sp. (149344) | |
Middle Triassic | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Simosaurus gaillardoti (39763) | |
Ladinian | Germany | Simosaurus sp. (59927) | |
Ladinian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Simosaurus gaillardoti (138084 138086) | |
Ladinian | France (Grand Est) | Simosaurus gaillardoti, Ichthyosaurus lunevillensis (137680) | |
Ladinian | Saudi Arabia | Simosaurus sp. (149547 149549) | |
Ladinian | Germany (Bayern) | Simosaurus gaillardoti (138085) | |
Ladinian | Germany (Baden-Württemburg) | Simosaurus gaillardoti (138083) | |
Longobardian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Simosaurus guilielmi (106357) | |
Carnian | Germany | Simosaurus sp. (206036) | |
Carnian - Norian | Spain (Guadalajara) | Paludidraco multidentatus (196814) | |
Julian | Italy (Udine) | Simosaurus gaillardoti (196812) | |
Rhaetian | France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) | Simosaurus sp. (90876) |