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Brancasaurus brancai

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Leptocleididae

Taxonomy
Brancasaurus brancai was named by Wegner (1914). Its type specimen is GWWU A3.B4 (Geomuseum der Westfaelischen Wilhems-Universitaet, Münster, Germany), a skeleton (Almost complete skeleton with partial skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gerdemann clay pit, Gronau, which is in a Berriasian estuary/bay shale/claystone in the Bückeberg Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Brancasaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Brancasaurus brancai Wegner p. 304 figs. 1-10, pls 5-9
1962Brancasaurus brancai Welles p. 3
2001Brancasaurus brancai O'Keefe p. 14

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
superfamilyPlesiosauroideaWelles 1943
—Leptocleidia
familyLeptocleididae
genusBrancasaurusWegner 1914
speciesbrancai

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.

†Brancasaurus brancai Wegner 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:05:48
Modified: 2011-08-12 01:58:15
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Brancasaurus brancai (type locality: 45760)