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Nothosaurops

Reptilia - Plesiosauria

Taxonomy
Nothosaurops was named by Leidy (1870) [Sepkoski's age data: K u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Plesiosauridae by Hay (1902); and to Plesiosauria by Williston (1903) and Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Nothosaurops Leidy
1902Nothosaurops Hay p. 457
1903Nothosaurops Williston p. 10
2002Nothosaurops 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
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
genusNothosauropsLeidy 1870

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. †Nothosaurops Leidy 1870
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available