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Corosaurus
Taxonomy
Corosaurus was named by Case (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Olen Sepkoski's reference number: 1044]. It is not extant. Its type is Corosaurus alcovensis.
It was assigned to Simosaurinae by Huene (1948); to Corosauridae by Young (1965); to Nothosauriformes by Storrs (1991); to Eosauropterygia by Rieppel (1994), Rieppel (1998); to Cymatosauridae by Carroll (1988), Rieppel (2000); and to Notosauria by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Simosaurinae by Huene (1948); to Corosauridae by Young (1965); to Nothosauriformes by Storrs (1991); to Eosauropterygia by Rieppel (1994), Rieppel (1998); to Cymatosauridae by Carroll (1988), Rieppel (2000); and to Notosauria by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
C. alcovensis (type species)
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by R. Benson on 2013-05-14
Synonymy list
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||