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Plesiosaurus morinicus

Reptilia - Plesiosauria

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
P. bavaricus, P. bitractensis, P. carinatus, P. cliduchus, P. coelospondylus, P. costatus, P. dolichodeirus (syn. P. homei, P. macromus), P. elasmosaurus, P. exarsostinus, P. grandis, P. hesternus, P. houzeaui, P. macrocephalus (syn. P. brachycephalus), P. macrodeirus, P. mexicanus, P. nitidus, P. platydeirus, P. priscus, P. rostratus, P. subconcavus, P. subtrigonus, P. tessarestarsostinus, P. trigonus

Synonymy list
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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
genusPlesiosaurus
speciesmorinicus

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) Plesiosaurus morinicus (94534)