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Endennasaurus acutirostris

Reptilia - Thalattosauria

Taxonomy
Endennasaurus acutirostris was named by Renesto (1984). Its type specimen is MBSN 5170, a skeleton (complete skull and skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Endenna cave, which is in an Alaunian shallow subtidal limestone/marl in the Zorzino Limestone Formation of Italy. It is the type species of Endennasaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Endennasaurus acutirostris Renesto

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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()
—Thalattosauriformes
orderThalattosauria
superfamilyAskeptosauroidea
genusEndennasaurusRenesto 1984
speciesacutirostrisRenesto 1984

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.

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Diagnosis
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