Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Cimoliosaurus laramiensis

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Taxonomy
Cimoliosaurus laramiensis was named by Knight (1900). Its type specimen is lost, a partial skeleton (numerous vertebrae and nearly a complete front limb), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Freezeout Mountain(s) [PROXY], which is in an Oxfordian marine horizon in the Sundance Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Cimoliosaurus laramiensis Knight p. 117 figs. page 119
1930Cimoliosaurus laramiensis Hay p. 119

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
familyElasmosauridaeCope 1869
genusCimoliosaurusLeidy 1851
specieslaramiensis

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.

show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available