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Liopleurodon ferox
Taxonomy
Liopleurodon ferox was named by Sauvage (1873). Its type specimen is BMNH R3536, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Le Wast, which is in a Callovian marine horizon in the Oxford Clay Formation of France.
It was recombined as Polyptychodon ferox by Sauvage (1880); it was recombined as Pliosaurus ferox by Lydekker (1889), Andrews (1913), Swinton (1934) and Delair (1960).
It was recombined as Polyptychodon ferox by Sauvage (1880); it was recombined as Pliosaurus ferox by Lydekker (1889), Andrews (1913), Swinton (1934) and Delair (1960).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1873 | Liopleurodon ferox Sauvage |
| 1880 | Polyptychodon ferox Sauvage fig. 544 |
| 1883 | Thaumatosaurus mosquensis Kiprijanoff |
| 1889 | Pliosaurus ferox Lydekker p. 145 fig. 45 |
| 1913 | Pliosaurus ferox Andrews p. 21 |
| 1934 | Pliosaurus ferox Swinton p. 58 |
| 1960 | Pliosaurus ferox Delair pp. 72-73 |
| 1960 | Liopleurodon ferox Tarlo pp. 165-167 |
| 2001 | Liopleurodon ferox O'Keefe p. 14 |
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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.
†Liopleurodon ferox Sauvage 1873
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Invalid names: Thaumatosaurus mosquensis Kiprijanoff 1883 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available