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Plagiosaurus
Taxonomy
Plagiosaurus was named by Jaekel (1914). It is the type genus of Plagiosauroidea, Plagiosauridae, Plagiosaurinae.
It was assigned to Brachyopidae by Watson (1919); to Plagiosauridae by Kuhn (1971), Carroll (1988); and to Plagiosaurinae by Schoch and Milner (2014).
It was assigned to Brachyopidae by Watson (1919); to Plagiosauridae by Kuhn (1971), Carroll (1988); and to Plagiosaurinae by Schoch and Milner (2014).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1914 | Plagiosaurus Jaekel p. 209 |
| 1919 | Plagiosaurus Watson p. 68 |
| 1971 | Plagiosaurus Kuhn p. 8 |
| 1988 | Plagiosaurus Carroll |
| 2014 | Plagiosaurus Schoch and Milner p. 105 |
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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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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004 | |||||
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaunian | Luxembourg (Diekirch) | Plagiosauridae indet. (56047) | |
| Rhaetian | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | P. depressus (139483) P. sp. (139484) | |
| Rhaetian | France (Lorraine) | P. sp. (36106) |