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Neoichthyosauria

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Neoichthyosauria Maisch and Matzke pp. 97, 99
2000Neoichthyosauria Sander
2010Neoichthyosauria Maisch
2013Neoichthyosauria Fischer et al.
2017Neoichthyosauria Delsett et al.
2017Neoichthyosauria Lomax
2017Neoichthyosauria Moon
2019Neoichthyosauria Moon p. 147

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Ichthyosauromorpha
—Ichthyosauriformes
—Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
—Eoichthyosauria
—Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
—Parvipelvia
—NeoichthyosauriaSander 2000
—NeoichthyosauriaSander 2000

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.

Unr. †Neoichthyosauria Sander 2000
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G. †Dearcmhara Brusatte et al. 2015
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†Dearcmhara shawcrossi Brusatte et al. 2015
G. †Eurhinosaurus Abel 1909
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Invalid names: Eurhinosaurus huenei Swinton 1930 [synonym]
G. †Excalibosaurus McGowan 1986
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†Excalibosaurus costini Motani 1999
G. †Hauffiopteryx Maisch 2008
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†Hauffiopteryx typicus Von Huene 1931
G. †Leptonectes McGowan 1996
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†Leptonectes moorei McGowan and Milner 1999
†Leptonectes solei McGowan 1993
†Leptonectes tenuirostris Conybeare 1822
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Invalid names: Ichthyosaurus strongylostinus Hawkins 1840 [synonym]
Invalid names: Leptopterygius Huene 1929 [synonym]
Fm. †Leptonectidae Maisch 1998
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G. †Wahlisaurus Lomax 2017
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†Wahlisaurus massarae Lomax 2017
Invalid names: Eurhinosauria Motani 1999 [objective synonym]
G. †Temnodontosaurus Lydekker 1889
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†Temnodontosaurus azerguensis Martin et al. 2012
†Temnodontosaurus platyodon Conybeare 1822
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Invalid names: Ichthyosaurus oligostinus Hawkins 1840 [synonym], Temnodontosaurus risor McGowan 1974 [synonym]
†Temnodontosaurus trigonodon Theodori 1843
Invalid names: Suevoleviathanidae Maisch 2001 [empty], Temnodontosauridae McGowan 1974 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. C. Moon 2019The last common ancestor of Temnodontosaurus platyodon and Ichthyosaurus communis, and all of its descendants [node-based] (Sander 2000).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:07:40
Modified: 2010-02-23 00:20:57
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Jurassic to the top of the Late/Upper Toarcian or 201.40000 to 175.60000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Germany (Vienna) Leptopterygius sp. (189823)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7France (Burgundy) Temnodontosaurus burgundiae (144397)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3United Kingdom (England) Leptonectes tenuirostris (142744) Wahlisaurus massarae (200925)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Luxembourg (Mersch) Temnodontosaurus sp. (155210)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) Ichthyosaurus longirostris (122157)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom Leptonectes tenuirostris, Temnodontosaurus longirostris (41815)
Hettangian - Pliensbachian201.3 - 182.7United Kingdom (England) Leptopterygius tenuirostris (98150 98151)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8United Kingdom (Somerset) Excalibosaurus costini (142711 142712)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8United Kingdom (England) Leptopterygius tenuirostris (98152) Temnodontosaurus platyodon (98103) Temnodontosaurus risor (122153)
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Belgium Temnodontosaurus platyodon (176255)
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) Leptonectes solei (176439) Temnodontosaurus eurycephalus (140334) Temnodontosaurus longirostris (71401)
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) Leptonectes solei (114683)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Belgium Leptonectes tenuirostris (176445)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (England) Leptonectes moorei (90428)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany Temnodontosaurus nuertingensis (176450)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Switzerland Leptonectes tenuirostris (90422)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Switzerland Eurhinosaurus longirostris (142710)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Baden-Württenburg) Leptopterygius disinteger (132361) Temnodontosaurus trigonodon (91700)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0France (Rhone) Neoichthyosauria indet. (140482)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0France Eurhinosaurus sp. (166559)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Germany Temnodontosaurus trigonodon (139759)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (England) Hauffiopteryx typicus (132646)
Falciferum - Bifrons183.0 - 175.6United Kingdom (England) Temnodontosaurus longirostris, Temnodontosaurus crassimanus (90459)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1United Kingdom (North Yorkshire) Temnodontosaurus crassimanus (220942)
Toarcian - Early/Lower Bajocian182.7 - 168.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Dearcmhara shawcrossi (165073)
Middle Toarcian182.0 - 175.6France (Rhone) Temnodontosaurus azerguensis (133652)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6France (Rhone) Temnodontosaurus sp. (140483)