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Corosaurus

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia

Taxonomy
Corosaurus was named by Case (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Olen Sepkoski's reference number: 1044]. It is not extant. Its type is Corosaurus alcovensis.

It was assigned to Simosaurinae by Huene (1948); to Corosauridae by Young (1965); to Nothosauriformes by Storrs (1991); to Eosauropterygia by Rieppel (1994) and Rieppel (1998); to Cymatosauridae by Carroll (1988) and Rieppel (2000); and to Notosauria by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. alcovensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Corosaurus Case
1948Corosaurus Huene p. 43
1965Corosaurus Young p. 355
1988Corosaurus Carroll
1991Corosaurus Storrs p. 12
1994Corosaurus Rieppel p. 4
1998Corosaurus Rieppel p. 3
2000Corosaurus Rieppel
2002Corosaurus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderEosauropterygia
genusCorosaurusCase 1936

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. †Corosaurus Case 1936
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†Corosaurus alcovensis Case 1936
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available