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Vegasaurus molyi

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Taxonomy
Vegasaurus molyi was named by O'Gorman et al. (2015). Its type specimen is MLP 93-I-5-1, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape Lamb (200 m), which is in a Maastrichtian offshore mudstone in the Snow Hill Island Formation of Antarctica.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Vegasaurus molyi O'Gorman et al.
2016Vegasaurus molyi O'Gorman p. 39
2017Vegasaurus molyi O'Gorman and Fernández
2019Vegasaurus molyi O'Gorman
2019Vegasaurus molyi O'Gorman et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
superfamilyPlesiosauroideaWelles 1943
familyElasmosauridaeCope 1869
—Weddellonectia
genusVegasaurus
speciesmolyi

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.

†Vegasaurus molyi O'Gorman et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:05:48
Modified: 2011-08-12 01:58:15
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Antarctica Vegasaurus molyi (type locality: 141244)