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Sveltonectes insolitus

Reptilia - Ophthalmosauridae

Taxonomy
Sveltonectes insolitus was named by Fischer et al. (2011). Its type specimen is IRSNB R269, a skeleton (Near complete skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ulyanovsk area [Sveltonectes insolitus type locality], which is in a Barremian marine marl in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Sveltonectes insolitus Fischer et al. p. 1010
2013Sveltonectes insolitus Fischer et al.
2014Sveltonectes insolitus Arkhangelsky and Zverkov
2016Sveltonectes insolitus Ji et al. p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Ichthyosauromorpha
—Ichthyosauriformes
—Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
—Eoichthyosauria
—Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
—Baracromia
familyOphthalmosauridaeAndrews 1910
subfamilyPlatypterygiinaeArkhangelsky 2001
genusSveltonectes
speciesinsolitus

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.

†Sveltonectes insolitus Fischer et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available