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Conchiosaurus

Reptilia - Nothosauria - Simosauridae

Taxonomy
Conchiosaurus was named by Meyer (1833).

It was synonymized subjectively with Nothosaurus by Storrs (1991).

It was assigned to Nexipodes by Meyer (1845); to Ichthyosauridae by d'Orbigny (1849); to Sauropterygia by Owen (1859) and Owen (1860); to Sauropterygia by Owen (1861); to Nothosauridae by Lydekker (1889); to Simosaurinae by Huene (1948); and to Simosauridae by Kuhn (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Conchiosaurus Meyer
1845Conchiosaurus Meyer p. 281
1849Conchiosaurus d'Orbigny p. 211
1859Conchiosaurus Owen p. 144
1860Conchiosaurus Owen p. 214
1861Conchiosaurus Owen p. 234
1889Conchiosaurus Lydekker p. 293
1948Conchiosaurus Huene p. 43
1971Conchiosaurus Kuhn p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderNothosauriaBaur 1889
familySimosauridae()
genusConchiosaurusMeyer 1833

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.

G. †Conchiosaurus Meyer 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available