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Pliosaurus gamma

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae

Taxonomy
Pliosaurus gamma was named by Phillips (1871). Its type specimen is OUMNH J.10455 (lectotype), a set of vertebrae (cervical vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Weymouth, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian marine horizon in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Pleiosaurus gamma Phillips fig. 152
1871Pliosaurus gamma Phillips fig. 152
1960Pliosaurus gamma Tarlo p. 173

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
superfamilyPliosauroideaWelles 1943
familyPliosauridaeSeeley 1874
—Thalassophonea
genusPliosaurus()
speciesgammaPhillips 1871

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.

†Pliosaurus gamma Phillips 1871
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Diagnosis
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