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Uronautes

Reptilia - Plesiosauria

Taxonomy
Uronautes was named by Cope (1876) [Sepkoski's age data: K u]. Its type is Uronautes cetiformis.

It was assigned to Elasmosauridae by Hay (1902); and to Plesiosauria by Williston (1903), Hay (1930), Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Uronautes Cope pp. 345-346
1902Uronautes Hay p. 457
1903Uronautes Williston p. 11
1930Uronautes Hay p. 121
2002Uronautes 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
genusUronautes

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. †Uronautes Cope 1876
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available