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Liopleurodon ferox

Osteichthyes - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae

Taxonomy
Liopleurodon ferox was named by Sauvage (1873). Its type specimen is BMNH R3536, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Le Wast, which is in a Callovian marine horizon in the Oxford Clay Formation of France.

It was recombined as Polyptychodon ferox by Sauvage (1880); it was recombined as Pliosaurus ferox by Lydekker (1889), Andrews (1913), Swinton (1934), Delair (1960).

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by M. Carrano on 2007-05-08; modified by R. Benson on 2013-10-27

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Liopleurodon ferox Sauvage
1880Polyptychodon ferox Sauvage fig. 544
1883Thaumatosaurus mosquensis Kiprijanoff
1889Pliosaurus ferox Lydekker p. 145 fig. 45
1913Pliosaurus ferox Andrews p. 21
1934Pliosaurus ferox Swinton p. 58
1960Pliosaurus ferox Delair pp. 72-73
1960Liopleurodon ferox Tarlo pp. 165-167
2001Liopleurodon ferox O'Keefe p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
superfamilyPliosauroideaWelles 1943
familyPliosauridaeSeeley 1874
—Thalassophonea
genusLiopleurodon
speciesferox

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.

†Liopleurodon ferox Sauvage 1873
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Invalid names: Thaumatosaurus mosquensis Kiprijanoff 1883 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: nektonicsuperf
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Reproduction: viviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalsuperf
Created: 2005-11-07 12:13:24
Modified: 2009-07-25 10:49:01
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Hampe 2005, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (England) Pliosaurus ferox (130656 141861)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) Liopleurodon ferox (type locality: 119668) Pliosaurus ferox (144756)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5France (Basse-Normandie) Pliosaurus ferox (52633)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (England) Liopleurodon ferox (109800) Pliosaurus ferox (133067)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) Pliosaurus ferox (140700)