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Ceresiosaurus calcagnii

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae

Taxonomy
Ceresiosaurus calcagnii was named by Peyer (1931). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Acqua del Ghiffo, near Serpiano, Monte San Giorgio, which is in a Ladinian marine horizon in Switzerland.

It was recombined as Lariosaurus calcagnii by Rieppel (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Ceresiosaurus calcagnii Peyer
1998Lariosaurus calcagnii Rieppel pp. 36-37
2009Ceresiosaurus calcagnii Renesto and Stockar

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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
genusCeresiosaurusPeyer 1931
speciescalcagniiPeyer 1931

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
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