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Thaumatosaurus

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Plesiosauridae

Taxonomy
Thaumatosaurus was named by Meyer (1841) [Sepkoski's age data: J l J m].

It was reranked as Plesiosaurus (Thaumatosaurus) by Fraas (1910).

It was assigned to Saurii by Meyer (1845); to Plesiosauridae by Lydekker (1889); to Plesiosaurus by Fraas (1910); to Brancasauridae by White (1940); and to Plesiosauria by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Thaumatosaurus Meyer
1845Thaumantosaurus Meyer p. 282
1889Thaumatosaurus Lydekker p. 158
1910Plesiosaurus (Thaumatosaurus) Fraas p. 123
1940Thaumatosaurus White p. 461
2002Thaumatosaurus Sepkoski

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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
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
superfamilyPlesiosauroideaWelles 1943
familyPlesiosauridaeGray 1825
genusThaumatosaurusMeyer 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.

G. †Thaumatosaurus Meyer 1841
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Invalid names: Liopleurodon bucklandi Sauvage 1873 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available