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Opetiosaurus
Taxonomy
Opetiosaurus was named by Kornhuber (1902) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Squamata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Aigialosauridae by McDowell and Bogert (1954), Bell and Polcyn (2005).
It was assigned to Squamata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Aigialosauridae by McDowell and Bogert (1954), Bell and Polcyn (2005).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1902 | Opetiosaurus Kornhuber |
| 1954 | Opetiosaurus McDowell and Bogert p. 132 |
| 2002 | Opetiosaurus Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Opetiosaurus Bell and Polcyn p. 189 |
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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.
G. †Opetiosaurus Kornhuber 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available