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Pelagosaurus typus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Pelagosaurus typus was named by Bronn (1841). Its type specimen is Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Nr. 2744 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nabern, near Boll, Lias Mittel-epsilon II/5, which is in a Toarcian marine shale in the Posidonia Shale Formation of Germany.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Crocodilus temporalis Blainville
1835Crocodilus temporalis de Blainville
1841Pelagosaurus typus Bronn
1846Mosellaesaurus rostrominor Monard
1853Pelagosaurus typus Pictet p. 487
1928Pelagosaurus typus Perrier p. 3089
1934Pelagosaurus typus Swinton p. 28
1961Pelagosaurus typus Westphal p. 212
1962Pelagosaurus typus Westphal p. 93
2005Pelagosaurus typus Mueller-Töwe
2006Pelagosaurus typus Pierce and Benton p. 622
2009Pelagosaurus typus Pierce et al. p. 1087
2012Pelagosaurus typus Bronzati et al.
2013Pelagosaurus typus Young et al.
2014Pelagosaurus typus Sertich and O'Connor

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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
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
infraorderThalattosuchia()
genusPelagosaurusBronn 1841
speciestypusBronn 1841

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.

†Pelagosaurus typus Bronn 1841
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Invalid names: Crocodilus temporalis de Blainville 1835 [synonym], Mosellaesaurus rostrominor Monard 1846 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. E. Pierce et al. 2009Pelagosaurus typus is a long-snouted teleosaurid characterized by long, broad rostrum; small prefrontal and lacrimal visible in dorsal aspect; sagittal crest made up of equal portions of the frontal and parietal; supraorbital constriction on the frontal absent; small, shallow, oval antorbital fenestra present within the lacrimal and maxilla; supratemporal fenestra short anteroposteriorly; paired, large frontal; broad nasals; laterally oriented orbit; sagittal crest broad and sculpted; jugal oriented vertically; anterior margin of internal choanae tapers anteriorly between the paired palatines; presence of a choanal septum on the palatine and pterygoid; sculpturing on almost the entire skull and mandible, with extensive sculpturing on the prefrontal, lacrimal, frontal, parietal, temporal arcade and the posterior extent of the mandible; presence of mandibular fenestrae; 30 piercing teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaws and four premaxillary teeth.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: nektonicsubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-07-23 01:12:29
Modified: 2009-07-23 03:12:29
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Toarcian or 183.00000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0France Pelagosaurus typus (122732)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Württemberg) Pelagosaurus typus (type locality: 132801)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Baden-Würtemberg) Pelagosaurus typus (132802)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Germany (Baden-Württenburg) Pelagosaurus typus (132865)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (England) Pelagosaurus typus (132646)
Falciferum - Bifrons183.0 - 175.6United Kingdom (England) Pelagosaurus typus (90459)