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Plesiopharos moelensis

Reptilia - Plesiosauria

Taxonomy
Plesiopharos moelensis was named by Puértolas-Pascual et al. (2021). Its type specimen is ML2302, a partial skeleton (partial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Praia da Concha, which is in a Sinemurian carbonate marl in Portugal. It is the type species of Plesiopharos.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Plesiopharos moelensis Puértolas-Pascual et al. p. 373

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
superfamilyPlesiosauroideaWelles 1943
genusPlesiopharos
speciesmoelensis

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.

†Plesiopharos moelensis Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2021lesiopharos moelensis gen. et sp. nov. is a plesiosaur diagnosed by the following autapomorphies: il- iac blade with rounded and convex anterior flank and less expanded than the posterior flank; ischial facet of the ilium highly developed and twice as long as the acetabular facet; first pectoral vertebra with the apex of the neural spine in- clined posterodorsally and forming a small rounded tip at the posterodorsal margin. For the exclusive combination of synapomorphies see phylogenetic analysis section.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:05:48
Modified: 2011-08-12 01:58:15
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Sinemurian or 196.50000 to 189.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Portugal (São Pedro de Moel) Plesiopharos moelensis (type locality: 222588)