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Pontosaurus lesinensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Hydrosaurus lesinensis was named by Kornhuber (1873). Its type specimen is GBA 1873/4/2, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lesina (K.K. Geologischen Reichsanstalt GBA collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Starigrad Limestone Formation of Croatia. It is the type species of Pontosaurus.

It was recombined as Pontosaurus lesinensis by Kramberger (1892) and Pierce and Caldwell (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Hydrosaurus lesinensis Kornhuber
1892Pontosaurus lesinensis Kramberger
2004Pontosaurus lesinensis Pierce and Caldwell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Pythonomorpha()
—Dolichosauridae(Gervais 1852)
genusPontosaurusKramberger 1892
specieslesinensis(Kornhuber 1873)

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.

†Pontosaurus lesinensis Kornhuber 1873
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. E. Pierce and M. W. Caldwell 2004Long and slender marine lizard possessing unique supraoccipital-parietal articulation, with supraoccipital resting on top of and forming v-shaped suture with parietal; elongation of all postdentary bones; 12 cervical vertebrae; hypapophyses with large unfused peduncles on C2–C12; 28 dorsal vertebrae; fused scapulocoracoid with primary coracoid emargination.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Croatia Hydrosaurus lesinensis (type locality: 123565)