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Plesiosaurus grandis

Reptilia - Plesiosauria

Taxonomy
Plesiosaurus grandis was named by Owen (1840).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pliosaurus macromerus by Lydekker (1889); it was recombined as Pliosaurus grandis by Owen (1842), Owen (1869), Perrier (1928) and Swinton (1934).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. morinicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Plesiosaurus grandis Owen p. 83
1842Pliosaurus grandis Owen p. 64
1869Pliosaurus grandis Owen p. 3 figs. plates 1-2
1928Pliosaurus grandis Perrier p. 3090
1934Pliosaurus grandis Swinton p. 58

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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
speciesgrandis

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 grandis Owen 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available