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Mystriosaurus laurillardi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Mystriosaurus laurillardi was named by Kaup (1837). Its type specimen is Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Inv. V946-948, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Altdorf, which is in a Jurassic marine horizon in Germany.

It was synonymized subjectively with Steneosaurus bollensis by Westphal (1961) and Westphal (1962).

Synonyms
  • Steneosaurus brevior was named by Tate and Blake (1876). Its type specimen is BMNH 1478, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Whitby, marine reptiles, which is in a Falciferum/Bifrons offshore shale in the Alum Shale Formation of the United Kingdom.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Mystriosaurus laurillardi by Sachs et al. (2019).
  • Teleosaurus eucephalus was named by Seeley (1880). Its type specimen is Woodwardian Museum, Cambridge, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Whitby, marine reptiles, which is in a Falciferum/Bifrons offshore shale in the Alum Shale Formation of the United Kingdom.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Steneosaurus brevior by Westphal (1962).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Mystriosaurus laurillardi Kaup
1853Mystriosaurus laurillardi Pictet p. 484
1876Steneosaurus brevior Tate and Blake p. 244 figs. Plate 1, figs 1-3
1880Teleosaurus eucephalus Seeley
1961Steneosaurus brevior Westphal p. 210
1962Steneosaurus brevior Westphal p. 89
1967Steneosaurus brevior Charig p. 710
2009Steneosaurus brevior Pierce et al. p. 1086
2012Steneosaurus brevior Bronzati et al.
2019Mystriosaurus laurillardi Sachs et al.

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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()
genusMystriosaurusMunster 1834
specieslaurillardiKaup 1837

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.

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Invalid names: Steneosaurus brevior Tate and Blake 1876 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. E. Pierce et al. 2009 (Steneosaurus brevior)Steneosaurus brevior is a short-snouted teleosaurid that differs from S. bollensis in having large, robust skull; relatively short, broad rostrum; large, rectangular supratemporal fenestrae; small rounded orbits; large mandibular fenestra and large, well-defined antorbital fenestra
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 (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Germany (Albvorland) Mystriosaurus laurillardi (type locality: 132861)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (England) Steneosaurus brevior (90448)
Falciferum - Bifrons183.0 - 175.6United Kingdom (England) Steneosaurus brevior, Teleosaurus eucephalus, Teleosaurus chapmanni (90459)