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Halisaurus hebae

Osteichthyes - Mosasauridae

Taxonomy
Halisaurus hebae was named by Shaker et al. (2023). Its type specimen is NVP030, a partial skeleton (Partial disarticulated skull, teeth, mandible, presacral vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North Gebel Gifata, which is in a Maastrichtian marine mudstone in the Dakhla Shale Formation of Egypt.

Entered
by P. Mannion on 2023-10-06

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Halisaurus hebae Shaker et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
familyMosasauridae
—Halisaurinae
—Halisaurini
genusHalisaurusMarsh 1869
specieshebae

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.

†Halisaurus hebae Shaker et al. 2023
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available