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Tethysaurus
Taxonomy
Tethysaurus was named by Bardet et al. (2003).
It was assigned to Mosasauroidea by Bardet et al. (2003); to Russellosaurina by Bell and Polcyn (2005), Polcyn and Bell (2005); and to Tethysaurinae by Makádi et al. (2012), Driscoll et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Mosasauroidea by Bardet et al. (2003); to Russellosaurina by Bell and Polcyn (2005), Polcyn and Bell (2005); and to Tethysaurinae by Makádi et al. (2012), Driscoll et al. (2019).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2003 | Tethysaurus Bardet et al. p. 608 |
| 2005 | Tethysaurus Bell and Polcyn p. 189 |
| 2005 | Tethysaurus Polcyn and Bell p. 323 |
| 2012 | Tethysaurus Makádi et al. fig. 8 |
| 2019 | Tethysaurus Driscoll et al. |
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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Turonian | Morocco (Er-Rachidia) | Aigialosauridae indet. (103973) |