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Liopleurodon

Osteichthyes - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae

Taxonomy
Liopleurodon was named by Sauvage (1873) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bath J Tith-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2].

It was synonymized subjectively with Pliosaurus by Lydekker (1889).

It was assigned to Pliosauridae by Tarlo (1960), Malakhov (1999), O'Keefe (2001), Ketchum and Benson (2010), Ketchum and Benson (2011), Hampe (2013); and to Thalassophonea by Benson and Druckenmiller (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Liopleurodon Sauvage pp. 377-378
1960Liopleurodon Tarlo p. 165
1999Liopleurodon Malakhov p. 241
2001Liopleurodon O'Keefe p. 19 fig. 20
2010Liopleurodon Ketchum and Benson p. 15
2011Liopleurodon Ketchum and Benson p. 126
2013Liopleurodon Hampe fig. 9
2014Liopleurodon 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
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
superfamilyPliosauroideaWelles 1943
familyPliosauridaeSeeley 1874
Thalassophonea
genusLiopleurodon

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. †Liopleurodon Sauvage 1873
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Liopleurodon ferox Sauvage 1873
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Invalid names: Thaumatosaurus mosquensis Kiprijanoff 1883 [synonym]
Liopleurodon pachydeirus Seeley 1869
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available