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Temnodontosaurus eurycephalus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Temnodontosaurus eurycephalus was named by McGowan (1974). Its type specimen is BMNH R1157, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Broad Ledge (Bucklandi beds), which is in a Sinemurian marine limestone in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Temnodontosaurus eurycephalus McGowan
2000Temnodontosaurus eurycephalus Maisch and Matzke p. 72
2003Temnodontosaurus eurycephalus McGowan and Motani
2010Temnodontosaurus eurycephalus Maisch
2016Temnodontosaurus eurycephalus Ji et al. p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
genusTemnodontosaurusLydekker 1889
specieseurycephalus

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke 2000"Snout and lower jaw very short and high, jaws with few but very large teeth, orbit very small."