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Besanosaurus leptorhynchus

Reptilia - Besanosauridae

Taxonomy
Besanosaurus leptorhynchus was named by Dal Sasso and Pinna (1996). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Monte San Giorgio nothosaurs, which is in an Anisian/Ladinian offshore shale in the Monte San Giorgio bituminous shales Formation of Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Besanosaurus leptorhynchus Dal Sasso and Pinna figs. 3, 20, 25, 31, 34
2003Besanosaurus leptorhynchus McGowan and Motani
2010Besanosaurus leptorhynchus Maisch
2016Besanosaurus leptorhynchus Ji et al. p. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Ichthyosauromorpha
—Ichthyosauriformes
—Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
—Eoichthyosauria
—Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
—Hueneosauria
—Merriamosauria
familyBesanosauridae
genusBesanosaurusDal Sasso and Pinna 1996
speciesleptorhynchusDal Sasso and Pinna 1996

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.

†Besanosaurus leptorhynchus Dal Sasso and Pinna 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:07:40
Modified: 2010-02-23 00:20:57
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Ladinian or 247.20000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Switzerland Besanosaurus leptorhynchus (type locality: 13344)