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Gallardosaurus iturraldei

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae

Taxonomy
Gallardosaurus iturraldei was named by Gasparini (2009). Its type specimen is MNHNCu P3005, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sierra de Caiguanabo, near Vinales, which is in an Oxfordian/Oxfordian transition zone/lower shoreface shale in the Jagua Formation of Cuba. It is the type species of Gallardosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Gallardosaurus iturraldei Gasparini p. 662 figs. 1-3

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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
genusGallardosaurus
speciesiturraldei

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.

†Gallardosaurus iturraldei Gasparini 2009
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Z. Gasparini 2009As for the genus.