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Lariosaurus youngi

Osteichthyes - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae

Taxonomy
Nothosaurus youngi was named by Li and Rieppel (2004). It is not extant. Its type specimen is IVPP V13590, a skeleton. Its type locality is Xingyi, which is in a Ladinian marine horizon in the Falang Formation of China.

It was recombined as Lariosaurus youngi by Lin et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Nothosaurus youngi Li and Rieppel
2017Lariosaurus youngi Lin et al.

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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
orderEosauropterygia
familyNothosauridaeBaur 1889
subfamilyNothosaurinaeNopcsa 1923
genusLariosaurusCurioni 1847
speciesyoungi(Li and Rieppel 2004)

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.

Lariosaurus youngi Li and Rieppel 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Longobardian or 239.48000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0China (Guizhou) Nothosaurus youngi (type locality: 98851)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0China (Guizhou) Nothosaurus youngi (196506)