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Ceresiosaurus
Taxonomy
Ceresiosaurus was named by Peyer (1931) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1044]. It is not extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Lariosaurus by Rieppel (1998).
It was assigned to Nothosauriformes by Storrs (1991); to Nothosaurinae by Rieppel and Wild (1996); to Notosauria by Sepkoski (2002); and to Nothosauridae by Young (1965), Sues (1987), Carroll (1988), Rieppel (1994), Renesto and Stockar (2009).
It was synonymized subjectively with Lariosaurus by Rieppel (1998).
It was assigned to Nothosauriformes by Storrs (1991); to Nothosaurinae by Rieppel and Wild (1996); to Notosauria by Sepkoski (2002); and to Nothosauridae by Young (1965), Sues (1987), Carroll (1988), Rieppel (1994), Renesto and Stockar (2009).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1931 | Ceresiosaurus Peyer |
| 1965 | Ceresiosaurus Young p. 355 |
| 1987 | Ceresiosaurus Sues p. 187 |
| 1988 | Ceresiosaurus Carroll |
| 1991 | Ceresiosaurus Storrs p. 134 |
| 1994 | Ceresiosaurus Rieppel p. 10 fig. 1 |
| 1996 | Ceresiosaurus Rieppel and Wild p. 3 |
| 2002 | Ceresiosaurus Sepkoski |
| 2009 | Ceresiosaurus Renesto and Stockar |
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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. †Ceresiosaurus Peyer 1931
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†Ceresiosaurus calcagnii Peyer 1931
†Ceresiosaurus lanzi Hänni 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Ladinian or 242.00000 to 237.00000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladinian | Switzerland | C. calcagnii (138130) | |
| Ladinian | Switzerland (Ticino) | C. calcagnii (110929) C. lanzi (86841) | |
| Fassanian | Switzerland | C. sp. (122066 180491 180492 180493 180497 180502 180515) | |
| Longobardian | Spain (Tarragona) | Lariosaurus calcagnii (109710) |