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Liopleurodon

Osteichthyes - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae

Taxonomy
Liopleurodon was named by Sauvage (1873) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bath J Tith-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2].

It was synonymized subjectively with Pliosaurus by Lydekker (1889).

It was assigned to Pliosauridae by Tarlo (1960), Malakhov (1999), O'Keefe (2001), Ketchum and Benson (2010), Ketchum and Benson (2011), Hampe (2013); and to Thalassophonea by Benson and Druckenmiller (2014).

Species
L. ferox (syn. Thaumatosaurus mosquensis), L. pachydeirus
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by R. Benson on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Liopleurodon Sauvage pp. 377-378
1960Liopleurodon Tarlo p. 165
1999Liopleurodon Malakhov p. 241
2001Liopleurodon O'Keefe p. 19 fig. 20
2010Liopleurodon Ketchum and Benson p. 15
2011Liopleurodon Ketchum and Benson p. 126
2013Liopleurodon Hampe fig. 9
2014Liopleurodon Benson and Druckenmiller figs. 2-3

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

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. †Liopleurodon Sauvage 1873
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†Liopleurodon ferox Sauvage 1873
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Invalid names: Thaumatosaurus mosquensis Kiprijanoff 1883 [synonym]
†Liopleurodon pachydeirus Seeley 1869
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: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Berriasian or 165.30000 to 137.05000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (England) Pliosaurus ferox (130656 141861)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5France (Basse-Normandie) Pliosaurus ferox (52633)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) L. ferox (119668) Pliosaurus ferox (144756)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (England) L. ferox (109800) Pliosaurus ferox (133067)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) L. sp. (67698 183141)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) Pliosaurus ferox (140700)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) Pliosaurus pachydeirus (36582)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Argentina (Neuquén) L. sp. (122662)