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Westphaliasaurus simonsensii

Reptilia - Plesiosauria

Taxonomy
Westphaliasaurus simonsensii was named by Schwermann and Sander (2011). Its type specimen is Westfälischen Museum für Naturkunde in Münster P58091, a set of postcrania (almost complete postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lücking clay pit, Sommersell, which is in a Pliensbachian marine claystone in Germany. It is the type species of Westphaliasaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Westphaliasaurus simonsensii Schwermann and Sander pp. 14-47 figs. 5-23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
superfamilyPlesiosauroideaWelles 1943
genusWestphaliasaurus
speciessimonsensii

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.

†Westphaliasaurus simonsensii Schwermann and Sander 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:05:48
Modified: 2011-08-12 01:58:15
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Pliensbachian or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Westphaliasaurus simonsensii (type locality: 119605)