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Blezingeria ichthyospondylus

Reptilia - Cymbospondylidae

Taxonomy
Nothosaurus ichthyospondylus was named by Fraas (1896). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Muschelkalk-Bonebed, Crailsheim, which is in a Triassic marine horizon in Germany.

It was recombined as Blezingeria ichthyospondyla by von Huene (1951); it was recombined as Blezingeria ichthyospondylus by Kuhn (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Nothosaurus ichthyospondylus Fraas p. 11
1898Nothosaurus ichthyospondylus Spangenberg p. 407
1951Blezingeria ichthyospondyla von Huene p. 86
1971Blezingeria ichthyospondylus Kuhn p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Ichthyosauromorpha
Ichthyosauriformes
Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
Eoichthyosauria
Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
Hueneosauria
suborderLongipinnatiHuene 1948
familyCymbospondylidaevon Huene 1948
genusBlezingeria
speciesichthyospondylus()

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available