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Stereosaurus

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Taxonomy
Stereosaurus was named by Seeley (1869). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Plesiosauria by Seeley (1869); and to Elasmosauridae by Seeley (1892).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Stereosaurus Seeley p. xviii
1892Stereosaurus Seeley p. 151

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
superfamilyPlesiosauroideaWelles 1943
familyElasmosauridaeCope 1869
genusStereosaurus

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. †Stereosaurus Seeley 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available