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Vallecillosaurus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Vallecillosaurus was named by Smith and Buchy (2008). Its type is Vallecillosaurus donrobertoi.

It was assigned to Mosasauroidea by Smith and Buchy (2008); and to Aigialosauridae by Reynoso and Cruz (2014).

Species
V. donrobertoi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Vallecillosaurus Smith and Buchy
2014Vallecillosaurus Reynoso and Cruz p. 64

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
superfamilyMosasauroidea
genusVallecillosaurus

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. †Vallecillosaurus Smith and Buchy 2008
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†Vallecillosaurus donrobertoi Smith and Buchy 2008
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:13
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:13
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Mexico (Nuevo León) V. donrobertoi (115406)