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Megalneusaurus

Reptilia - Plesiosauria

Taxonomy
Megalneusaurus was named by Knight (1898) [Sepkoski's age data: J u]. Its type is Cimoliosaurus rex.

It was assigned to Plesiosauridae by Hay (1902); to Plesiosauria by Williston (1903), Hay (1930) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Pliosauridae by Knight (1898), Carroll (1988) and Wahl et al. (2007).

Species
M. rex

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Megalneusaurus Knight p. 378
1902Megalneusaurus Hay p. 457
1903Megalneusaurus Williston p. 12
1930Megalneusaurus Hay p. 120
1988Megalneusaurus Carroll
2002Megalneusaurus Sepkoski
2007Megalneusaurus Wahl et al. p. 94

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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
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
genusMegalneusaurus

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. †Megalneusaurus Knight 1898
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†Megalneusaurus rex Knight 1895
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available