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Sthenarosaurus dawkinsi

Reptilia - Plesiosauria

Taxonomy
Sthenarosaurus dawkinsi was named by Watson (1909). Its type specimen is MMUM LL 8023, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 'Alum Shale' (Main Alum Shales, Harpoceras bifrons), Whitby-Saltwick, Yorkshire, which is in a Bifrons marine shale/mudstone in the Alum Shale Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Sthenarosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Sthenarosaurus dawkinsi Watson p. 13 figs. 4-6 and plate

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
superfamilyPlesiosauroideaWelles 1943
genusSthenarosaurus
speciesdawkinsi

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.

†Sthenarosaurus dawkinsi Watson 1909
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Diagnosis
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