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Stenopterygius cuneiceps

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Stenopterygius cuneiceps was named by McGowan (1979). It is not extant. Its type locality is Holzmaden, Hauser quarry, Ohmden, epsilon II-10 (SMNS collection), which is in a Falciferum marine shale in Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. eos, S. intercedens

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Stenopterygius cuneiceps McGowan
2003Stenopterygius cuneiceps McGowan and Motani

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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)
—Thunnosauria
genusStenopterygiusJaekel 1904
speciescuneicepsMcGowan 1979

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.

†Stenopterygius cuneiceps McGowan 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available