Basic info | Taxonomic history | Classification | Included Taxa |
Morphology | Ecology and taphonomy | External Literature Search | Age range and collections |
Rhomaleosaurus zetlandicus
Taxonomy
Plesiosaurus zetlandicus was named by Phillips (1854). Its type specimen is YORYM G503, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loftus, which is in a Toarcian offshore shale in the Alum Shale Formation of the United Kingdom.
It was misspelled as Plesiosaurus zetlandi by Tate and Blake (1876); it was recombined as Rhomaleosaurus zetlandicus by Phillips (1854), Taylor (1992), Cruickshank (1996) and O'Keefe (2001).
It was misspelled as Plesiosaurus zetlandi by Tate and Blake (1876); it was recombined as Rhomaleosaurus zetlandicus by Phillips (1854), Taylor (1992), Cruickshank (1996) and O'Keefe (2001).
Synonyms
|
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
---|---|
1854 | Rhomaleosaurus zetlandicus Phillips |
1876 | Plesiosaurus simpsoni Blake |
1876 | Plesiosaurus propinquus Blake p. 247 |
1876 | Plesiosaurus propinquus Tate and Blake p. 247*248 figs. pl. 2, fig. 1 |
1876 | Plesiosaurus zetlandi Tate and Blake pp. 249-250 figs. pl. 1, fig. 5 |
1889 | Thaumatosaurus propinquus Lydekker p. 170 |
1909 | Plesiosaurus propinquus Watson p. 3 |
1910 | Plesiosaurus propinquus Watson p. 1 figs. 1-8 |
1922 | Rhomaleosaurus thorntoni Andrews pp. 407-415 figs. pls 7-9 |
1992 | Rhomaleosaurus zetlandicus Taylor p. 249 |
1996 | Rhomaleosaurus zetlandicus Cruickshank pp. 109-113 |
2001 | Rhomaleosaurus zetlandicus O'Keefe p. 12 |
Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data
|
|
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.
†Rhomaleosaurus zetlandicus Phillips 1854
show all | hide all
Invalid names: Plesiosaurus propinquus Tate and Blake 1876 [synonym], Rhomaleosaurus thorntoni Andrews 1922 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
|||||
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
Source: o = order | |||||
Reference: Kiessling 2004 |
Age range: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Toarcian or 182.70000 to 182.00000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
---|---|---|---|
Pliensbachian - Toarcian | United Kingdom (England) | Thaumatosaurus propinquus (142108) | |
Early/Lower Toarcian | United Kingdom (England) | Plesiosaurus zetlandicus (90458) | |
Falciferum - Bifrons | United Kingdom (England) | Rhomaleosaurus thorntoni (118939) | |
Toarcian | United Kingdom (England) | Thaumatosaurus propinquus (122373 142107) |