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Athabascasaurus

Reptilia - Ophthalmosauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Athabascasaurus Druckenmiller and Maxwell
2011Athabascasaurus Fischer et al.
2012Athabascasaurus Fischer et al.
2013Athabascasaurus Fischer et al.
2014Athabascasaurus Arkhangelsky and Zverkov
2014Athabascasaurus Robert et al. p. 22 fig. 15
2016Athabascasaurus 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
genusAthabascasaurus

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. †Athabascasaurus Druckenmiller and Maxwell 2010
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Athabascasaurus bitumineus Druckenmiller and Maxwell 2010
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. Ji et al. 2016Size 3.5 m (estimated); maxilla dorsal lamina pres- ent; lacrimal lacks a process entering the external naris; frontal small and not excluded from upper temporal fenestra; postor- bital overlapped dorsally by triangular flange of postfrontal; den- tition with extremely light ridging of the enamel; presacral count near 42; ischium and pubis fused, ischiopubis foramen absent.