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Kronosaurus boyacensis

Osteichthyes - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae

Taxonomy
Kronosaurus boyacensis was named by Hampe (1992). Its type specimen is "El fosil", Cronosaurio - Restauración y conservatión Asociación Colombiana para el avance de la cienca A.C.A.C., INGEOMINAS, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vereda Monquirá, ca. 5 km WNW of Villa de Leyva, which is in an Aptian marine carbonate in the Paja Formation of Colombia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Kronosaurus boyacensis Hampe p. 3 figs. Abb. 1-7; Taf. 1-5
2013Kronosaurus boyacensis Hampe fig. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
superfamilyPliosauroideaWelles 1943
familyPliosauridaeSeeley 1874
—Thalassophonea
subfamilyBrachaucheninae(Williston 1925)
genusKronosaurus
speciesboyacensis

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.

†Kronosaurus boyacensis Hampe 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: nektonicsuperf
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Reproduction: viviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalsuperf
Created: 2005-11-07 12:13:24
Modified: 2009-07-25 10:49:01
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Hampe 2005

Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Colombia (Boyacá) Kronosaurus boyacensis (type locality: 127411)