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Plesiosaurus holmerii

Osteichthyes - Plesiosauria

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
P. bavaricus, P. bitractensis, P. carinatus, P. cliduchus, P. coelospondylus, P. costatus, P. dolichodeirus (syn. P. homei, P. macromus), P. elasmosaurus, P. exarsostinus, P. grandis, P. hesternus, P. houzeaui, P. macrocephalus (syn. P. brachycephalus), P. macrodeirus, P. mexicanus, P. nitidus, P. platydeirus, P. priscus, P. rostratus, P. subconcavus, P. subtrigonus, P. tessarestarsostinus, P. trigonus
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. dibothrius, P. keuperinus, P. morinicus, P. neocomensis, P. pectopleuron

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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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
superfamilyPlesiosauroideaWelles 1943
genusPlesiosaurus
speciesholmerii

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Haumurian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Haumurian83.6 - 66.0New Zealand (Canterbury) Plesiosaurus holmerii (101409)