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Alexeyisaurus karnoushenkoi

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Taxonomy
Alexeyisaurus karnoushenkoi was named by Sennikov and Arkhangelsky (2010). Its type specimen is SGU no. 104a/36 (= PMGRE n. 3658), a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wilczek Land, which is in a Norian coastal siltstone in the Wilczek Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Alexeyisaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Alexeyisaurus karnoushenkoi Sennikov and Arkhangelsky pp. 568-571 figs. 2-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
superfamilyPlesiosauroideaWelles 1943
familyElasmosauridaeCope 1869
genusAlexeyisaurus
specieskarnoushenkoi

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.

†Alexeyisaurus karnoushenkoi Sennikov and Arkhangelsky 2010
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Diagnosis
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