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Phalarodon major

Reptilia - Mixosauridae

Taxonomy
Phalarodon major was named by Maisch and Matzke (2000) [Species originally named by von Huene, 1916 and recombined by Maisch and Matzke in a an article not yet published when current reference was written, so original name not known.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aach, near Freudenstadt, which is in an Anisian marine horizon in Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Phalarodon major Maisch and Matzke
2010Phalarodon major Maisch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Eugnathostomata
Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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)
Hueneosauria
familyMixosauridaeBaur 1887
genusPhalarodonMerriam 1910
speciesmajor

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.

Phalarodon major Maisch and Matzke 2000
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke 2000"Very large species of the genus, skull length considerably exceeding 30 cm, posterior dome-shaped teeth small and extremely compressed laterally, probably few in number."