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Tylosaurus pembinensis

Reptilia - Mosasauridae

Taxonomy
Hainosaurus pembinensis was named by Nicholls (1988). Its type specimen is MT 2, a partial skeleton ("poorly preserved, associated anterior portion of skull, dissociated limb bones and nearly complete vertebral column"), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MDM Quarry 18, North Cox pit, which is in a Campanian offshore shale in the Pierre Shale Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Tylosaurus pembinensis by Lindgren (2005), Bullard and Caldwell (2010) and Driscoll et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Hainosaurus pembinensis Nicholls
2005Tylosaurus pembinensis Lindgren pp. 1161-1163
2010Tylosaurus pembinensis Bullard and Caldwell p. 417
2019Tylosaurus pembinensis Driscoll et al.

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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
speciespembinensis(Nicholls 1988)

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.

†Tylosaurus pembinensis Nicholls 1988
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Diagnosis
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