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Tylosaurus bernardi

Reptilia - Mosasauridae

Taxonomy
Hainosaurus bernardi was named by Dollo (1885). Its type specimen is IRsNB R23C, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ciply (Ciply-Malogne chalk, IRScNB collection), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in the Ciply-Malogne Phosphatic Chalk Formation of Belgium.

It was recombined as Tylosaurus bernardi by Jiménez-Huidobro and Caldwell (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Hainosaurus bernardi Dollo
1909Hainosaurus bernardi Dollo p. 103
1967Hainosaurus bernardi Russell p. 176
2016Tylosaurus bernardi Jiménez-Huidobro and Caldwell
2019Hainosaurus bernardi Driscoll et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
familyMosasauridae
subfamilyTylosaurinaeWiliston 1895
genusTylosaurusMarsh 1872
speciesbernardi(Dollo 1885)

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.

Tylosaurus bernardi Dollo 1885
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Reproduction: ovoviviparousf
Created: 2018-01-05 16:32:54
Modified: 2018-01-05 16:32:54
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Gervais 1852, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium Hainosaurus bernardi (118459)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium Hainosaurus bernardi (154736)