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Liopleurodon
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).
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
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1873 | Liopleurodon Sauvage pp. 377-378 |
| 1960 | Liopleurodon Tarlo p. 165 |
| 1999 | Liopleurodon Malakhov p. 241 |
| 2001 | Liopleurodon O'Keefe p. 19 fig. 20 |
| 2010 | Liopleurodon Ketchum and Benson p. 15 |
| 2011 | Liopleurodon Ketchum and Benson p. 126 |
| 2013 | Liopleurodon Hampe fig. 9 |
| 2014 | Liopleurodon Benson and Druckenmiller figs. 2-3 |
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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