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Attenborosaurus
Taxonomy
Attenborosaurus was named by Bakker (1993).
It was assigned to Pliosauroidea by O'Keefe (2001); to Plesiosauria by Ketchum and Benson (2010); and to Pliosauridae by Ketchum and Benson (2011), Benson et al. (2012) and Benson and Druckenmiller (2014).
It was assigned to Pliosauroidea by O'Keefe (2001); to Plesiosauria by Ketchum and Benson (2010); and to Pliosauridae by Ketchum and Benson (2011), Benson et al. (2012) and Benson and Druckenmiller (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1993 | Attenborosaurus Bakker p. 664 |
| 2001 | Attenborosaurus O'Keefe p. 19 fig. 20 |
| 2010 | Attenborosaurus Ketchum and Benson p. 15 |
| 2011 | Attenborosaurus Ketchum and Benson p. 126 |
| 2012 | Attenborosaurus Benson et al. fig. 4 |
| 2014 | Attenborosaurus Benson and Druckenmiller figs. 2-3 |
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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.
G. †Attenborosaurus Bakker 1993
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†Attenborosaurus conybeari Sollas 1881
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Invalid names: Plesiosaurus laticeps Owen 1867 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available