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Lariosaurus youngi

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae

Taxonomy
Nothosaurus youngi was named by Li and Rieppel (2004). It is not extant. Its type specimen is IVPP V13590, a skeleton. Its type locality is Xingyi, which is in a Ladinian marine horizon in the Falang Formation of China.

It was recombined as Lariosaurus youngi by Lin et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Nothosaurus youngi Li and Rieppel
2017Lariosaurus youngi Lin 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
orderEosauropterygia
familyNothosauridaeBaur 1889
subfamilyNothosaurinaeNopcsa 1923
genusLariosaurusCurioni 1847
speciesyoungi(Li and Rieppel 2004)

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.

†Lariosaurus youngi Li and Rieppel 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available