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Steneosaurus oplites

Reptilia - Teleosauridae

Taxonomy
Steneosaurus oplites was named by Eudes-Deslongchamps (1863). It is not extant. Its type locality is La Caine-Curcy (MNHN coll), which is in a Toarcian marine shale in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. intermedius, S. subulidens

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Steneosaurus oplites Eudes-Deslongchamps

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Thalattosuchia()
familyTeleosauridaeGeoffroy 1831
genusSteneosaurusSaint-Hilaire 1825
speciesoplitesEudes-Deslongchamps 1863

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.

†Steneosaurus oplites Eudes-Deslongchamps 1863
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available