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Pachycostasaurus
Taxonomy
Pachycostasaurus was named by Cruickshank et al. (1996). Its type is Pachycostasaurus dawni.
It was assigned to Pliosauridae by Cruickshank et al. (1996).
It was assigned to Pliosauridae by Cruickshank et al. (1996).
Species
P. dawni (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1996 | Pachycostasaurus Cruickshank et al. p. 874 figs. 1-5 |
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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. †Pachycostasaurus Cruickshank et al. 1996
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†Pachycostasaurus dawni Cruickshank et al. 1996
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. R. I. Cruickshank et al. 1996 | [implicitly as for type and only species Pachycostasaurus dawni] |
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hampe 2005 | |||||
Age range: Middle Callovian or 164.70000 to 161.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Callovian | United Kingdom (England) | P. dawni (92050) |