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Cimoliasaurus
Taxonomy
Cimoliasaurus was named by Leidy (1851) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. Its type is Cimoliosaurus magnus.
It was corrected as Cimoliosaurus by Seeley (1892), White (1940), Delair (1960); it was considered a nomen dubium by Welles (1943).
It was assigned to Streptosauria by Cope (1869); to Plesiosauridae by Lydekker (1889); to Brachaucheniidae by Hay (1930); to Cimoliosauridae by Delair (1960); to Cimoliasauridae by Persson (1963); to Plesiosauria by Williston (1903), Williston (1906), Sepkoski (2002); and to Elasmosauridae by Cope (1871), Cope (1875), Seeley (1892), Hay (1902), Wegner (1914), White (1940), O'Keefe and Street (2009).
It was corrected as Cimoliosaurus by Seeley (1892), White (1940), Delair (1960); it was considered a nomen dubium by Welles (1943).
It was assigned to Streptosauria by Cope (1869); to Plesiosauridae by Lydekker (1889); to Brachaucheniidae by Hay (1930); to Cimoliosauridae by Delair (1960); to Cimoliasauridae by Persson (1963); to Plesiosauria by Williston (1903), Williston (1906), Sepkoski (2002); and to Elasmosauridae by Cope (1871), Cope (1875), Seeley (1892), Hay (1902), Wegner (1914), White (1940), O'Keefe and Street (2009).
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