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Thaumatosaurus oolithicus

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Plesiosauridae

Taxonomy
Thaumatosaurus oolithicus was named by Meyer (1841).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Thaumatosaurus oolithicus Meyer p. 176
1873Liopleurodon bucklandi Sauvage p. 378

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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
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
superfamilyPlesiosauroideaWelles 1943
familyPlesiosauridaeGray 1825
genusThaumatosaurusMeyer 1841
speciesoolithicusMeyer 1841

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.

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Invalid names: Liopleurodon bucklandi Sauvage 1873 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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