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Hydrotherosaurus alexandrae

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Taxonomy
Hydrotherosaurus alexandrae was named by Welles (1943). Its type specimen is UCMP 33912, a partial skeleton (fairly complete skeleton with a partly disarticulated skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Panoche Hills 5, UCMP V3735, which is in a Maastrichtian marine shale in the Moreno Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Hydrotherosaurus alexandrae Welles
1962Hydrotherosaurus alexandrae Welles pp. 3, 73, 75 fig. 20
2019Hydrotherosaurus alexandrae O'Gorman

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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
familyElasmosauridaeCope 1869
—Euelasmosaurida
—Elasmosaurinae
genusHydrotherosaurus
speciesalexandrae

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.

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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: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (California) Hydrotherosaurus alexandrae (type locality: 108392)