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Peloneustes
Taxonomy
Peloneustes was named by Lydekker (1889) [Sepkoski's age data: J l J Call]. Its type is Peloneustes philarchus.
It was assigned to Plesiosauridae by Lydekker (1889); to Plesiosauria by Sepkoski (2002); to Pliosauridae by White (1940), Tarlo (1960), Carroll (1988), O'Keefe (2001), Araujo et al. (2008), Ketchum and Benson (2010), Ketchum and Benson (2011) and Hampe (2013); and to Thalassophonea by Benson and Druckenmiller (2014).
It was assigned to Plesiosauridae by Lydekker (1889); to Plesiosauria by Sepkoski (2002); to Pliosauridae by White (1940), Tarlo (1960), Carroll (1988), O'Keefe (2001), Araujo et al. (2008), Ketchum and Benson (2010), Ketchum and Benson (2011) and Hampe (2013); and to Thalassophonea by Benson and Druckenmiller (2014).
Species
P. philarchus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1889 | Peloneustes Lydekker p. 49 figs. 4-9 |
| 1940 | Peloneustes White p. 465 |
| 1960 | Peloneustes Tarlo p. 169 |
| 1988 | Peloneustes Carroll |
| 2001 | Peloneustes O'Keefe p. 19 fig. 20 |
| 2002 | Peloneustes Sepkoski |
| 2008 | Peloneustes Araujo et al. p. 25 fig. 6 |
| 2010 | Peloneustes Ketchum and Benson p. 15 |
| 2011 | Peloneustes Ketchum and Benson p. 126 |
| 2013 | Peloneustes Hampe |
| 2014 | Peloneustes Benson and Druckenmiller figs. 2-3 |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available