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Colymbosaurus
Taxonomy
Colymbosaurus was named by Seeley (1874) [Sepkoski's age data: J Tith-l].
It was synonymized subjectively with Cimoliosaurus by Lydekker (1889).
It was assigned to Muraenosauridae by White (1940); to Cimoliosauridae by Delair (1960); to Elasmosauridae by Seeley (1892), Wegner (1914), Brown (1981), Brown (1984); to Plesiosauria by Sepkoski (2002); to Plesiosauroidea by Knutsen et al. (2012); and to Cryptoclididae by Benson and Druckenmiller (2014).
It was synonymized subjectively with Cimoliosaurus by Lydekker (1889).
It was assigned to Muraenosauridae by White (1940); to Cimoliosauridae by Delair (1960); to Elasmosauridae by Seeley (1892), Wegner (1914), Brown (1981), Brown (1984); to Plesiosauria by Sepkoski (2002); to Plesiosauroidea by Knutsen et al. (2012); and to Cryptoclididae by Benson and Druckenmiller (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1874 | Colymbosaurus Seeley pp. 447-448 fig. 12 |
| 1892 | Colymbosaurus Seeley p. 151 |
| 1914 | Colymbosaurus Wegner p. 290 |
| 1940 | Colymbosaurus White p. 461 |
| 1960 | Colymbosaurus Delair pp. 61-62 |
| 1981 | Colymbosaurus Brown p. 340 |
| 1984 | Colymbosaurus Brown p. 170 |
| 2002 | Colymbosaurus Sepkoski |
| 2012 | Colymbosaurus Knutsen et al. p. 178 |
| 2014 | Colymbosaurus Benson and Druckenmiller figs. 2-3 |
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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. †Colymbosaurus Seeley 1874
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†Colymbosaurus sclerodirus Bogolubov 1911
†Colymbosaurus svalbardensis Persson 1962
†Colymbosaurus trochanterius Owen 1840
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Invalid names: Colymbosaurus megadeirus Seeley 1869 [synonym], Plesiosaurus manselii Hulke 1870 [synonym], Pliosaurus portlandicus Owen 1869 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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| E. M. Knutsen et al. 2012 | as given by Brown, 1981 |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 168.30000 to 113.00000 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bathonian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | C. megadeirus (105872) | |
| Callovian | United Kingdom (England) | Plesiosaurus trochanterius (130656) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic | Russian Federation (Moscow) | C. sclerodirus (199783) | |
| Kimmeridgian | United Kingdom (England) | C. megadeirus (119509) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian | United Kingdom (England) | C. trochanterius (119506 119507) | |
| Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | United Kingdom (England) | C. megadeirus (119508) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | United Kingdom (England) | Plesiosaurus manselii (119504) | |
| Tithonian | United Kingdom (England) | C. sp. (93105) Plesiosaurus trochanterius (98478) | |
| Tithonian | France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) | Cimoliosaurus portlandicus (65030) | |
| Tithonian | Norway (Spitsbergen) | C. svalbardensis (134740 134741) Tricleidus svalbardensis (134739) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | United Kingdom (England) | C. trochanterius (150922) | |
| Late/Upper Tithonian | United Kingdom (England) | Pliosaurus portlandicus, C. portlandicus (119505) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | United Kingdom (England) | C. sp. (58095) |