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Steneosaurus rostrominor

Reptilia - Teleosauridae

Taxonomy
Steneosaurus rostrominor was named by Saint-Hilaire (1825). It is not extant. Its type locality is Vaches Noires, near Honfleur, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian marine marl in France.

It was recombined as Metriorhynchus rostrominor by Meyer (1832); it was synonymized subjectively with Dacosaurus maximus by Sauvage (1873).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Steneosaurus rostrominor Saint-Hilaire
1832Metriorhynchus rostrominor Meyer
1842Steneosaurus rostrominor Owen p. 82
1849Steneosaurus rostrominor Melville p. 285
1852Steneosaurus rostrominor Gervais p. 255
1853Steneosaurus rostrominor Pictet p. 492
1859Steneosaurus rostrominor Gervais p. 450
1869Steneosaurus rostrominor Hulke p. 400

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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
speciesrostrominorSaint-Hilaire 1825

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 rostrominor Saint-Hilaire 1825
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available