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Carsosaurus marchesetti

Reptilia - Aigialosauridae

Taxonomy
Carsosaurus marchesetti was named by Kornhuber (1893). Its type specimen is MCSNT (Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Trieste), a set of postcrania (nearly complete skeleton lacking the skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Komen (cave), which is in a Cenomanian marginal marine limestone in Slovenia.

It was corrected as Carsosaurus marchesettii by Caldwell and Palci (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Carsosaurus marchesetti Kornhuber
2007Carsosaurus marchesettii Caldwell and Palci

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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()
superfamilyMosasauroidea
familyAigialosauridaeKramberger 1892
genusCarsosaurusKornhuber 1893
speciesmarchesettiKornhuber 1893

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.

†Carsosaurus marchesetti Kornhuber 1893
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Diagnosis
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