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Tylosaurus

Reptilia - Mosasauridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Elliptonodon Emmons
1858Elliptonodon compressus Emmons p. 222
1870Liodon dyspelor Cope
1872Rhamphosaurus Cope p. 2
1872Rhinosaurus Marsh p. 17
1872Tylosaurus Marsh p. 47
1873Tylosaurus dyspelor Leidy p. 271
1873Tylosaurus Leidy p. 343
1874Liodon dyspelor Cope p. 38
1875Liodon dyspelor Cope p. 167
1892Mosasaurus alseni Stolley
1899Tylosaurus Osborn p. 169
1899Tylosaurus dyspelor Osborn p. 169
1899Tylosaurus Osborn p. 920
1899Tylosaurus dyspelor Osborn p. 920
1902Tylosaurus Hay p. 471
1902Tylosaurus dyspelor Hay p. 472
1902Elliptonodon Hay p. 473
1902Elliptonodon compressus Hay p. 473
1930Tylosaurus Hay p. 258
1930Tylosaurus dyspelor Hay p. 259
1930Elliptonodon Hay p. 264
1930Elliptonodon compressus Hay p. 264
1954Elliptonodon McDowell and Bogert p. 132
1954Tylosaurus McDowell and Bogert p. 132
1967Tylosaurus Miller p. 227
1967Tylosaurus Russell p. 170
1969Tylosaurus Thurmond p. 76
1970Tylosaurus Russell p. 374
1971Tylosaurus Welles and Gregg p. 49
1981Tylosaurus Thurmond and Jones p. 162
1988Tylosaurus Carroll
2002Tylosaurus Everhart p. 37
2002Tylosaurus Lindgren and Siverson
2002Tylosaurus Novas et al.
2002Tylosaurus Sepkoski
2005Tylosaurus Bardet et al.
2005Tylosaurus Bell and Polcyn p. 189
2006Tylosaurus Bardet et al.
2013Tylosaurus Bell Jr. et al. p. 574
2018Tylosaurus Hornung et al. p. 547
2018Tylosaurus Jiménez-Huidobro et al.
2019Tylosaurus Driscoll et al.
2024Tylosaurus Plasse et al. p. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
familyMosasauridae
subfamilyTylosaurinaeWiliston 1895
genusTylosaurusMarsh 1872

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. †Tylosaurus Marsh 1872
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Tylosaurus bernardi Dollo 1885
Tylosaurus iembeensis Antunes 1964
Tylosaurus ivoensis Russell 1967
Tylosaurus kansasensis Everhart 2005
Tylosaurus laticaudus Marsh 1870
Tylosaurus pembinensis Nicholls 1988
Tylosaurus perlatus Cope 1869
Tylosaurus proriger Cope 1869
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Invalid names: Rhinosaurus micromus Marsh 1872 [synonym]
Tylosaurus saskatchewanensis Jiménez-Huidobro et al. 2018
Tylosaurus zangerli Russell 1970
Invalid names: Elliptonodon Emmons 1858 [nomen dubium], Elliptonodon compressus Emmons 1858 [nomen dubium], Mosasaurus alseni Stolley 1892 [nomen dubium], Rhamphosaurus Cope 1872 [replaced], Rhinosaurus Marsh 1872 [replaced], Tylosaurus dyspelor Cope 1870 [nomen vanum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available