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Lariosaurus balsami
Taxonomy
Lariosaurus balsami was named by Curioni (1841). Its type specimen is destroyed during World War II: a cast is preserved at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Milano, a partial skeleton (cervical and anterior dorsal regions and parts of the forelimbs), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry between Varenna and Regoledo, Perledo (SMF collection), which is in a Longobardian marine limestone in the Perledo-Varenna Formation of Italy.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1841 | Lariosaurus balsami Curioni |
1847 | Macromirosaurus plini Curioni p. 161 |
1854 | Deirosaurus italicus Owen p. 68 |
1891 | Eupodosaurus longobardicus Boulenger p. 293 fig. 1 |
1924 | Proneusticosaurus carinthiacus Arthaber |
1928 | Lariosaurus balsami Perrier p. 3090 |
1934 | Lariosaurus balsami Swinton p. 62 |
1980 | Lariosaurus carinthiacus Zapfe and König |
1993 | Lariosaurus balsami Sanz et al. p. 157 |
1998 | Lariosaurus balsami Rieppel p. 31 |
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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 balsami Curioni 1841
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Invalid names: Deirosaurus italicus Owen 1854 [synonym], Eupodosaurus longobardicus Boulenger 1891 [synonym], Macromirosaurus plini Curioni 1847 [synonym], Proneusticosaurus carinthiacus Arthaber 1924 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015 |
Age range: Ladinian or 242.00000 to 237.00000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Ladinian | Switzerland (Ticino) | Lariosaurus balsami (110930) | |
Ladinian | Italy | Eupodosaurus longobardicus (138126) Lariosaurus balsami (138127) | |
Ladinian | Spain (Aragon) | Lariosaurus balsami (110826) | |
Longobardian | Austria (Karnten) | Lariosaurus balsami (195572) | |
Longobardian | Italy (Lecco) | Lariosaurus balsami, Deirosaurus italicus (type locality: 120901) | |
Longobardian | Spain (Tarragona) | Lariosaurus balsami (109710) |