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Mosasaurus lemonnieri

Reptilia - Mosasauridae

Taxonomy
Mosasaurus lemonnieri was named by Dollo (1889). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. anceps

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Mosasaurus lemonnieri Dollo
1909Mosasaurus lemonnieri Dollo p. 103

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
familyMosasauridae
subfamilyMosasaurinaeGervais 1853
genusMosasaurus
specieslemonnieriDollo 1889

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.

†Mosasaurus lemonnieri Dollo 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available