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Eretmosaurus rugosus

Reptilia - Plesiosauria

Taxonomy
Plesiosaurus rugosus was named by Owen (1840). Its type specimen is BMNH 14435, a set of postcrania (postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is near Granby, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Eretmosaurus rugosus by Seeley (1874), Lydekker (1889), Delair (1960), Persson (1963), Kuhn (1971), Benson et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Plesiosaurus rugosus Owen p. 82
1851Plesiosaurus rugosus Mantell p. 143
1865Plesiosaurus rugosus Owen pp. 34-40 figs. pls 14-15
1874Eretmosaurus rugosus Seeley p. 445 fig. 9
1876Plesiosaurus rugosus Tate and Blake p. 252
1889Eretmosaurus rugosus Lydekker p. 249 fig. 76
1948Plesiosaurus rugosus Swinton p. 357
1960Eretmosaurus rugosus Delair p. 58
1963Eretmosaurus rugosus Persson p. 19
1971Eretmosaurus rugosus Kuhn p. 20
2012Eretmosaurus rugosus Benson et al.

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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
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
genusEretmosaurus
speciesrugosus()

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.

†Eretmosaurus rugosus Owen 1840
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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 Sinemurian or 196.50000 to 189.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) Plesiosaurus rugosus (type locality: 118473)