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Pistosaurus
Taxonomy
Pistosaurus was named by Meyer (1839) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is the type genus of Pistosauridae.
It was assigned to Nexipodes by Meyer (1845); to Ichthyosauridae by d'Orbigny (1849); to Sauropterygia by Owen (1859), Owen (1860); to Sauropterygia by Owen (1861); to Plesiosauridae by Cope (1871), Cope (1875); to Nothosauridae by Lydekker (1889); to Nothosaurinae by Nopsca (1928); to Pistosauridae by Persson (1963), Kuhn (1971), Rieppel (2000), O'Keefe (2001); to Plesiosauria by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pistosauria by Benson and Druckenmiller (2014).
It was assigned to Nexipodes by Meyer (1845); to Ichthyosauridae by d'Orbigny (1849); to Sauropterygia by Owen (1859), Owen (1860); to Sauropterygia by Owen (1861); to Plesiosauridae by Cope (1871), Cope (1875); to Nothosauridae by Lydekker (1889); to Nothosaurinae by Nopsca (1928); to Pistosauridae by Persson (1963), Kuhn (1971), Rieppel (2000), O'Keefe (2001); to Plesiosauria by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pistosauria by Benson and Druckenmiller (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1839 | Pistosaurus Meyer p. 699 |
| 1845 | Pistosaurus Meyer p. 281 |
| 1849 | Pistosaurus d'Orbigny p. 211 |
| 1859 | Pistosaurus Owen p. 144 |
| 1860 | Pistosaurus Owen p. 214 |
| 1861 | Pistosaurus Owen p. 234 |
| 1871 | Pistosaurus Cope p. 235 |
| 1875 | Pistosaurus Cope p. 15 |
| 1889 | Pistosaurus Lydekker p. 287 |
| 1928 | Pistosaurus Nopsca p. 44 |
| 1963 | Pistosaurus Persson p. 7 |
| 1971 | Pistosaurus Kuhn p. 19 |
| 2000 | Pistosaurus Rieppel |
| 2001 | Pistosaurus O'Keefe p. 9 |
| 2002 | Pistosaurus Sepkoski |
| 2014 | Pistosaurus Benson and Druckenmiller figs. 2-3 |
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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.
G. †Pistosaurus Meyer 1839
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†Pistosaurus longaevus Meyer 1839
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Invalid names: Nothosaurus strunzi Geissler 1895 [synonym], Pistosaurus grandaevus Meyer 1839 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Anisian | Germany | Nothosaurus strunzi (130793) | |
| Anisian | Germany (Bayern) | P. longaevus (138136) | |
| Anisian - Ladinian | Italy (Trento) | P. longaevus (99310) | |
| Illyrian - Fassanian | Poland (Upper Silesia) | P. longaevus (196691) | |
| Fassanian | Poland | P. longaevus (149685) | |
| Ladinian | Poland | P. longaevus (138137) | |
| Ladinian | Germany (Thuringia) | P. longaevus (138101) |