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Tangaroasaurus
Taxonomy
Tangaroasaurus was named by Benham (1935). It was considered monophyletic by Muizon (1987).
It was assigned to Ichthyosauria by Benham (1935); to Odontoceti by Fordyce (1979); to Squalodontoidea by Pledge and Rothausen (1977), Fordyce (1980) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Squalodontidae by Keyes (1973), Whitmore and Sanders (1977), Muizon (1987), Carroll (1988), Ortega and Fordyce (2009) and Fordyce and Roberts (2009).
It was assigned to Ichthyosauria by Benham (1935); to Odontoceti by Fordyce (1979); to Squalodontoidea by Pledge and Rothausen (1977), Fordyce (1980) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Squalodontidae by Keyes (1973), Whitmore and Sanders (1977), Muizon (1987), Carroll (1988), Ortega and Fordyce (2009) and Fordyce and Roberts (2009).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1935 | Tangaroasaurus Benham p. 237 |
| 1973 | Tangaroasaurus Keyes p. 389 |
| 1977 | Tangaroasaurus Pledge and Rothausen p. 287 |
| 1977 | Tangaroasaurus Whitmore and Sanders p. 305 |
| 1979 | Tangaroasaurus Fordyce p. 740 |
| 1980 | Tangaroasaurus Fordyce p. iii figs. Table 2 |
| 1987 | Tangaroasaurus Muizon p. 13 |
| 1988 | Tangaroasaurus Carroll |
| 1997 | Tangaroasaurus McKenna and Bell p. 373 |
| 2002 | Tangarasaurus Sepkoski |
| 2009 | Tangaroasaurus Fordyce and Roberts p. 553 |
| 2009 | Tangaroasaurus Ortega and Fordyce p. 164 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available