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Carsosaurus marchesetti

Osteichthyes - Aigialosauridae

Taxonomy
Carsosaurus marchesetti was named by Kornhuber (1893). Its type specimen is MCSNT (Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Trieste), a set of postcrania (nearly complete skeleton lacking the skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Komen (cave), which is in a Cenomanian marginal marine limestone in Slovenia.

It was corrected as Carsosaurus marchesettii by Caldwell and Palci (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Carsosaurus marchesetti Kornhuber
2007Carsosaurus marchesettii Caldwell and Palci

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
superfamilyMosasauroidea
familyAigialosauridaeKramberger 1892
genusCarsosaurusKornhuber 1893
speciesmarchesettiKornhuber 1893

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.

Carsosaurus marchesetti Kornhuber 1893
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Diagnosis
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Slovenia Carsosaurus marchesetti (type locality: 123567)