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Coniasaurus gracilodens

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Coniasaurus gracilodens was named by Caldwell (1999). Its type specimen is BMNH R44141, a partial skeleton (Partial skull, 4 dorsal vertebrae, ribs and a complete scapulocoracoid), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lidden Spout, Folkestone, which is in a Cenomanian basinal (carbonate) chalk in the Lower Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Coniasaurus gracilodens Caldwell p. 440

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Pythonomorpha()
—Dolichosauridae(Gervais 1852)
genusConiasaurus
speciesgracilodens

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.

†Coniasaurus gracilodens Caldwell 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available