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Lariosaurus buzzii

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae

Taxonomy
Lariosaurus buzzii was named by Tschanz (1989). Its type specimen is PMZ T2804, a skeleton (disarticulated skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Point 902, Monte San Giorgio, unspecified bed, which is in an Illyrian/Fassanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Switzerland.

It was recombined as Silvestrosaurus buzzii by Kuhn-Schnyder (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Lariosaurus buzzii Tschanz
1990Silvestrosaurus buzzii Kuhn-Schnyder p. 315
1998Lariosaurus buzzii Rieppel pp. 35-36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
speciesbuzziiTschanz 1989

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 buzzii Tschanz 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available