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Lariosaurus balsami

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae

Taxonomy
Lariosaurus balsami was named by Curioni (1841). Its type specimen is destroyed during World War II: a cast is preserved at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Milano, a partial skeleton (cervical and anterior dorsal regions and parts of the forelimbs), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry between Varenna and Regoledo, Perledo (SMF collection), which is in a Longobardian marine limestone in the Perledo-Varenna Formation of Italy.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Lariosaurus balsami Curioni
1847Macromirosaurus plini Curioni p. 161
1854Deirosaurus italicus Owen p. 68
1891Eupodosaurus longobardicus Boulenger p. 293 fig. 1
1924Proneusticosaurus carinthiacus Arthaber
1928Lariosaurus balsami Perrier p. 3090
1934Lariosaurus balsami Swinton p. 62
1980Lariosaurus carinthiacus Zapfe and König
1993Lariosaurus balsami Sanz et al. p. 157
1998Lariosaurus balsami Rieppel p. 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderEosauropterygia
familyNothosauridaeBaur 1889
subfamilyNothosaurinaeNopcsa 1923
genusLariosaurusCurioni 1847
speciesbalsamiCurioni 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.

†Lariosaurus balsami Curioni 1841
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Invalid names: Deirosaurus italicus Owen 1854 [synonym], Eupodosaurus longobardicus Boulenger 1891 [synonym], Macromirosaurus plini Curioni 1847 [synonym], Proneusticosaurus carinthiacus Arthaber 1924 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available