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Tylosaurus
Taxonomy
Tylosaurus was named by Marsh (1872) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant-u K Camp-l]. Its type is Tylosaurus nepaeolicus.
It was synonymized subjectively with Liodon by Zittel (1890).
It was assigned to Mosasauria by Leidy (1873); to Plioplatecarpidae by Russell (1970); to Squamata by Sepkoski (2002); to Mosasauridae by Osborn (1899), Osborn (1899), McDowell and Bogert (1954), Miller (1967), Carroll (1988) and Everhart (2002); to Russellosaurina by Bell and Polcyn (2005); and to Tylosaurinae by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Russell (1967), Thurmond (1969), Welles and Gregg (1971), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Lindgren and Siverson (2002), Novas et al. (2002), Bardet et al. (2005), Bardet et al. (2006), Bell et al. (2013), Jiménez-Huidobro et al. (2018), Hornung et al. (2018), Driscoll et al. (2019) and Plasse et al. (2024).
It was synonymized subjectively with Liodon by Zittel (1890).
It was assigned to Mosasauria by Leidy (1873); to Plioplatecarpidae by Russell (1970); to Squamata by Sepkoski (2002); to Mosasauridae by Osborn (1899), Osborn (1899), McDowell and Bogert (1954), Miller (1967), Carroll (1988) and Everhart (2002); to Russellosaurina by Bell and Polcyn (2005); and to Tylosaurinae by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Russell (1967), Thurmond (1969), Welles and Gregg (1971), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Lindgren and Siverson (2002), Novas et al. (2002), Bardet et al. (2005), Bardet et al. (2006), Bell et al. (2013), Jiménez-Huidobro et al. (2018), Hornung et al. (2018), Driscoll et al. (2019) and Plasse et al. (2024).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1858 | Elliptonodon Emmons |
1858 | Elliptonodon compressus Emmons p. 222 |
1870 | Liodon dyspelor Cope |
1872 | Rhamphosaurus Cope p. 2 |
1872 | Rhinosaurus Marsh p. 17 |
1872 | Tylosaurus Marsh p. 47 |
1873 | Tylosaurus dyspelor Leidy p. 271 |
1873 | Tylosaurus Leidy p. 343 |
1874 | Liodon dyspelor Cope p. 38 |
1875 | Liodon dyspelor Cope p. 167 |
1892 | Mosasaurus alseni Stolley |
1899 | Tylosaurus Osborn p. 169 |
1899 | Tylosaurus dyspelor Osborn p. 169 |
1899 | Tylosaurus Osborn p. 920 |
1899 | Tylosaurus dyspelor Osborn p. 920 |
1902 | Tylosaurus Hay p. 471 |
1902 | Tylosaurus dyspelor Hay p. 472 |
1902 | Elliptonodon Hay p. 473 |
1902 | Elliptonodon compressus Hay p. 473 |
1930 | Tylosaurus Hay p. 258 |
1930 | Tylosaurus dyspelor Hay p. 259 |
1930 | Elliptonodon Hay p. 264 |
1930 | Elliptonodon compressus Hay p. 264 |
1954 | Elliptonodon McDowell and Bogert p. 132 |
1954 | Tylosaurus McDowell and Bogert p. 132 |
1967 | Tylosaurus Miller p. 227 |
1967 | Tylosaurus Russell p. 170 |
1969 | Tylosaurus Thurmond p. 76 |
1970 | Tylosaurus Russell p. 374 |
1971 | Tylosaurus Welles and Gregg p. 49 |
1981 | Tylosaurus Thurmond and Jones p. 162 |
1988 | Tylosaurus Carroll |
2002 | Tylosaurus Everhart p. 37 |
2002 | Tylosaurus Lindgren and Siverson |
2002 | Tylosaurus Novas et al. |
2002 | Tylosaurus Sepkoski |
2005 | Tylosaurus Bardet et al. |
2005 | Tylosaurus Bell and Polcyn p. 189 |
2006 | Tylosaurus Bardet et al. |
2013 | Tylosaurus Bell Jr. et al. p. 574 |
2018 | Tylosaurus Hornung et al. p. 547 |
2018 | Tylosaurus Jiménez-Huidobro et al. |
2019 | Tylosaurus Driscoll et al. |
2024 | Tylosaurus Plasse et al. p. 10 |
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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.
G. †Tylosaurus Marsh 1872
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†Tylosaurus bernardi Dollo 1885
†Tylosaurus iembeensis Antunes 1964
†Tylosaurus ivoensis Russell 1967
†Tylosaurus kansasensis Everhart 2005
†Tylosaurus laticaudus Marsh 1870
†Tylosaurus nepaeolicus Cope 1874
†Tylosaurus pembinensis Nicholls 1988
†Tylosaurus perlatus Cope 1869
†Tylosaurus saskatchewanensis Jiménez-Huidobro et al. 2018
†Tylosaurus zangerli Russell 1970
Invalid names: Elliptonodon Emmons 1858 [nomen dubium], Elliptonodon compressus Emmons 1858 [nomen dubium], Mosasaurus alseni Stolley 1892 [nomen dubium], Rhamphosaurus Cope 1872 [replaced], Rhinosaurus Marsh 1872 [replaced], Tylosaurus dyspelor Cope 1870 [nomen vanum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available