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Lariosaurus

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae

Taxonomy

Lariosaurus was named by Curioni (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis-u Tr Ladi-u].

It was assigned to Lariosaurinae by Nopsca (1928), Nopcsa (1928); to Lariosauridae by Lydekker (1889), Young (1965); to Nothosaurinae by Rieppel and Wild (1996), Rieppel (1998); to Nothosauridae by Sues (1987), Carroll (1988), Rieppel (1994), Rieppel (2000); to Notosauria by Sepkoski (2002); and to Nothosauroidea by Li and Liu (2020).

Species

L. balsami (syn. Proneusticosaurus carinthiacus, Deirosaurus italicus, Macromirosaurus plini, Eupodosaurus longobardicus), L. buzzii, L. curionii, L. hongguoensis, L. juvenilis, L. lavizzarii, L. sanxiaensis, L. teutonicus, L. valceresii, L. vosseveldensis, L. winkelhorsti, L. xingyiensis, L. youngi, Rhaeticonia rothpletzi

Synonyms

Lariosaurus lavizzarii was named by Kuhn-Schnyder (1987).

It was synonymized subjectively with Lariosaurus balsami by Tshanz (1989); it was considered a nomen dubium by Rieppel (1998).
Macromirosaurus was named by Curioni (1847).

It was synonymized subjectively with Lariosaurus by Rieppel (1998).
Macromerosaurus was named by Cornalia (1854).

It was synonymized subjectively with Lariosaurus by Rieppel (1998).

It was assigned to Lariosaurinae by Nopsca (1928).
Macromerosauro was named by Curioni (1863).

It was synonymized subjectively with Lariosaurus by Rieppel (1998).
Rhaeticonia rothpletzi was named by Broili (1927). Its type specimen is destroyed during World War II, a skeleton (complete skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Rhaeticonia.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Rieppel (1998).
Deirosaurus was named by Owen (1854) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr m]. Its type is Deirosaurus italicus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lariosaurus by Rieppel (1998).

It was assigned to Notosauria by Sepkoski (2002).
Silvestrosaurus was named by Kuhn-Schnyder (1990).

It was synonymized subjectively with Lariosaurus by Rieppel and Wild (1996), Rieppel (1998).

It was assigned to Notosauria by Sepkoski (2002).
Rhaeticonia was named by Broili (1927). Its type is Rhaeticonia rothpletzi.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lariosaurus by Rieppel (1998).

It was assigned to Lariosaurinae by Nopsca (1928); to Pachypleuridae by Young (1965); to Pachypleurosauridae by Kuhn (1971); to Nothosauridae by Carroll (1988); and to Plesiosauria by Sepkoski (2002).
Eupodosaurus was named by Boulenger (1891).

It was synonymized objectively with Lariosaurus by Boulenger (1891), Rieppel (1998).

It was assigned to Stegosauria by Boulenger (1891).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1847	Macromirosaurus Curioni p. 161
1847	Lariosaurus Curioni p. 166
1854	Macromerosaurus Cornalia p. 54
1854	Deirosaurus Owen p. 68
1863	Macromerosauro Curioni p. 266
1889	Lariosaurus Lydekker p. 284
1891	Eupodosaurus Boulenger p. 293 fig. 1
1927	Rhaeticonia Broili p. 223
1927	Rhaeticonia rothpletzi Broili p. 223
1928	Lariosaurus Nopcsa p. 173
1928	Lariosaurus Nopsca p. 43
1928	Macromerosaurus Nopsca p. 43
1928	Rhaeticonia Nopsca p. 44
1965	Rhaeticonia Young p. 354
1965	Lariosaurus Young p. 355
1971	Rhaeticonia Kuhn p. 17
1987	Lariosaurus lavizzarii Kuhn-Schnyder
1987	Lariosaurus Sues p. 187
1988	Lariosaurus Carroll
1988	Rhaeticonia Carroll
1990	Silvestrosaurus Kuhn-Schnyder p. 315
1994	Lariosaurus Rieppel p. 10 fig. 1
1996	Lariosaurus Rieppel and Wild p. 3
1998	Lariosaurus Rieppel pp. 28-30
2000	Lariosaurus Rieppel
2002	Deirosaurus Sepkoski
2002	Lariosaurus Sepkoski
2002	Rhaeticonia Sepkoski
2002	Silvestrosaurus Sepkoski
2020	Lariosaurus Li and Liu

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
suborder	Sauropterygia
order	Eosauropterygia
family	Nothosauridae	Baur 1889
subfamily	Nothosaurinae	Nopcsa 1923
genus	Lariosaurus	Curioni 1847

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. †Lariosaurus Curioni 1847

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†Lariosaurus balsami Curioni 1841

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Invalid names: Deirosaurus italicus Owen 1854 [synonym], Eupodosaurus longobardicus Boulenger 1891 [synonym], Macromirosaurus plini Curioni 1847 [synonym], Proneusticosaurus carinthiacus Arthaber 1924 [synonym]

†Lariosaurus buzzii Tschanz 1989

†Lariosaurus curionii Rieppel 1998

†Lariosaurus hongguoensis Jiang et al. 2006

†Lariosaurus juvenilis Edinger 1921

†Lariosaurus sanxiaensis Cheng 2016

†Lariosaurus teutonicus Diedrich 1996

†Lariosaurus valceresii Tintori and Renesto 1990

†Lariosaurus vosseveldensis Klein et al. 2016

†Lariosaurus winkelhorsti Klein and Albers 2009

†Lariosaurus xingyiensis Li et al. 2002

†Lariosaurus youngi Li and Rieppel 2004

Invalid names: Deirosaurus Owen 1854 [synonym], Eupodosaurus Boulenger 1891 [synonym], Lariosaurus lavizzarii Kuhn-Schnyder 1987 [nomen dubium], Macromerosauro Curioni 1863 [synonym], Macromerosaurus Cornalia 1854 [synonym], Macromirosaurus Curioni 1847 [synonym], Rhaeticonia Broili 1927 [synonym], Rhaeticonia rothpletzi Broili 1927 [nomen dubium], Silvestrosaurus Kuhn-Schnyder 1990 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available