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Plesiosaurus bitractensis

Reptilia - Plesiosauria

Taxonomy
Plesiosaurus bitractensis was named by Sauvage (1883). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Antully bonebed, Autun, which is in a Rhaetian marine horizon in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. morinicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Plesiosaurus bitractensis Sauvage pp. 20-22
1889Plesiosaurus bitractensis Lydekker p. 283

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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
genusPlesiosaurus
speciesbitractensis

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.

†Plesiosaurus bitractensis Sauvage 1883
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available