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Adriosaurus suessi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Adriosaurus suessi was named by Seeley (1881). Its type specimen is Geological Museum, University of Vienna, a partial skeleton (Slab with posterior trunk region, pelvis, hindlimb, and tail), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Komen, which is in a Cenomanian marginal marine limestone in Slovenia.

Synonyms
  • Acteosaurus crassicostatus was named by Calligaris (1993). Its type specimen is MCSNT 9400a & b, a partial skeleton (Articulated portion of the anterior postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Comen, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian marginal marine limestone in Slovenia.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Adriosaurus suessi by Caldwell and Lee (2004).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Adriosaurus suessi Seeley
1993Acteosaurus crassicostatus Calligaris
2000Adriosaurus suessi Lee and Caldwell

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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)
genusAdriosaurus
speciessuessi

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.

†Adriosaurus suessi Seeley 1881
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Invalid names: Acteosaurus crassicostatus Calligaris 1993 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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