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Eurhinosaurus longirostris

Reptilia

Taxonomy

Ichthyosaurus longirostris was named by Mantell (1851). Its type specimen is BMNH 14566 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barrow-on-Soar (BMNH collection), which is in a Planorbis marine limestone in the United Kingdom.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ichthyosaurus latifrons by Lydekker (1889); it was synonymized subjectively with Leptopterygius latifrons by Delair (1960); it was recombined as Eurhinosaurus longirostris by McGowan (1989), Maisch and Matzke (2000), McGowan and Motani (2003), Maisch (2010), Fischer et al. (2013), Ji et al. (2016).

Synonyms

Eurhinosaurus huenei was named by Swinton (1930). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Eurhinosaurus longirostris by McGowan (1994).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1851	Ichthyosaurus longirostris Mantell p. 385
1930	Eurhinosaurus huenei Swinton
1989	Eurhinosaurus longirostris McGowan p. 412
2000	Eurhinosaurus longirostris Maisch and Matzke p. 73
2003	Eurhinosaurus longirostris McGowan and Motani
2010	Eurhinosaurus longirostris Maisch
2013	Eurhinosaurus longirostris Fischer et al.
2016	Eurhinosaurus longirostris Ji et al. p. 12

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Ichthyosauromorpha
—	Ichthyosauriformes
—	Ichthyopterygia	(Owen 1840)
—	Eoichthyosauria
—	Ichthyosauria	(de Blainville 1835)
—	Parvipelvia
—	Neoichthyosauria	Sander 2000
genus	Eurhinosaurus	Abel 1909
species	longirostris	()

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.

†Eurhinosaurus longirostris Mantell 1851

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Invalid names: Eurhinosaurus huenei Swinton 1930 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke 2000	"Overbite very strong, mandible less than 60% of skull length, forefin extremely long and slender."

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteo

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

nektonico

Diet:

carnivoreo

Reproduction:

viviparouso

Created:

2009-07-20 06:07:40

Modified:

2010-02-23 00:20:57

Source: o = order

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Planorbis to the top of the Early/Lower Toarcian or 201.30000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Planorbis	201.3 - 196.5	United Kingdom (England)	Ichthyosaurus longirostris (122157)
Early/Lower Toarcian	183.0 - 182.0	Switzerland	Eurhinosaurus longirostris (142710)