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Plesiosaurus nitidus

Reptilia - Plesiosauria

Taxonomy
Plesiosaurus nitidus was named by Phillips (1871). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shotover, Oxford (OUM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian marine horizon in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. morinicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Plesiosaurus nitidus Phillips pp. 360-361 figs. 156-158

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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
genusPlesiosaurus
speciesnitidus

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.

†Plesiosaurus nitidus Phillips 1871
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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: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 154.80000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian154.8 - 145.06United Kingdom (England) Plesiosaurus nitidus (type locality: 74931)