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Cardiocorax mukulu

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Taxonomy
Cardiocorax mukulu was named by Araújo et al. (2015). Its type specimen is MGUAN PA103, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bentiaba, just above Bench 19, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Mocuio Formation of Angola.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Cardiocorax mukulu Araújo et al.
2019Cardiocorax mukulu O'Gorman
2021Cardiocorax mukulu Marx et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
superfamilyPlesiosauroideaWelles 1943
familyElasmosauridaeCope 1869
genusCardiocorax
speciesmukulu

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.

Cardiocorax mukulu Araújo et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available