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Ischyrhiza chilensis

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Plesiosaurus chilensis was named by Gay (1848) [named by Gervais in Gay 1848 named by Gervais in Gay 1848 named by Gervais in Gay 1848 named by Gervais in Gay 1848]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cimoliosaurus chilensis by Lydekker (1889); it was recombined as Pliosaurus chilensis by Deecke (1895), Deecke (1896) and Colbert (1949); it was considered a nomen vanum by Welles (1962); it was considered a nomen dubium by Persson (1963) and Otero et al. (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Plesiosaurus chilensis Gay
1859Plesiosaurus andium Gervais
1887Plesiosaurus chilensis Philippi
1889Cimoliosaurus chilensis Lydekker p. 222
1895Pliosaurus chilensis Deecke
1896Pliosaurus chilensis Deecke p. 36
1949Pliosaurus chilensis Colbert

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
suborderSclerorhynchoidei
familySclerorhynchidae
genusIschyrhizaLeidy 1856
specieschilensisWetzel 1930

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.

Ischyrhiza chilensis Wetzel 1930
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Invalid names: Plesiosaurus andium Gervais 1859 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available