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Borealonectes

Osteichthyes - Plesiosauria - Rhomaleosauridae

Taxonomy
Borealonectes was named by Sato and Wu (2008). Its type is Borealonectes russelli.

It was assigned to Rhomaleosauridae by Sato and Wu (2008), Benson and Druckenmiller (2014).

Species
B. russelli (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Borealonectes Sato and Wu p. 305 fig. 1*9
2014Borealonectes Benson and Druckenmiller figs. 2-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
familyRhomaleosauridaeNopcsa 1928
genusBorealonectes

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. †Borealonectes Sato and Wu 2008
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†Borealonectes russelli Sato and Wu 2008
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. Sato and X. -C. Wu 2008[implicitly as for species Borealonectes russelli]