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† Leptocleidia
Leptocleidia

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Nichollssaura borealis
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Nichollssaura borealis
Skelett von Nichollssaura borealis im Royal Tyrrell Museum, FO: Fort McMurray, Alberta, Kanada.
Copyright: Sebastian Bergmann; Contribution: oliverOliver
Collection: Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
Location: Kanada/Alberta/Wood Buffalo, Bezirk/Fort McMurray/Athabasca-Ölsandlagerstätte
Fossil: Nichollssaura borealis
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Nichollssaura borealis

Skelett von Nichollssaura borealis im Royal Tyrrell Museum, FO: Fort McMurray, Alberta, Kanada.
Collection: Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
Copyright: Sebastian Bergmann
Contribution: oliverOliver 2015-02-05
Locality: Athabasca-Ölsandlagerstätte / Fort McMurray / Wood Buffalo, Bezirk / Alberta / Kanada
Edgarosaurus muddi
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Edgarosaurus muddi
Holotyp von Edgarosaurus muddi (MOR 751), ausgestellt im “Museum of the Rockies” in Bozeman, Montana. FO: Edgar, Carbon County, Montana; Shell Creek member der Thermopolis Shale Formation, Oberes Albium, oberste Unterkreide.
Copyright: Tim Evanson; Contribution: oliverOliver
Collection: Museum Of The Rockies
Location: USA/Montana/Carbon Co./Edgar
Fossil: Edgarosaurus muddi
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Edgarosaurus muddi

Holotyp von Edgarosaurus muddi (MOR 751), ausgestellt im “Museum of the Rockies” in Bozeman, Montana. FO: Edgar, Carbon County, Montana; Shell Creek member der Thermopolis Shale Formation, Oberes A...
Collection: Museum Of The Rockies
Copyright: Tim Evanson
Contribution: oliverOliver 2015-02-05
Locality: Edgar / Carbon Co. / Montana / USA

Grouping

Belong­ing to

 Gaeabionta  ⇒ Domäne: Eukaryota  ⇒ Reich: Animalia  ⇒ Mittelreich: Eumetazoa  ⇒ Klade: Triploblastica  ⇒ Klade: Nephrozoa  ⇒ Abzweig: Deuterostomia  ⇒ Stamm: Chordata  ⇒ Unterstamm: Vertebrata  ⇒ Infrastamm: Gnathostomata  ⇒ Superklasse: Tetrapoda  ⇒ Serie: Amniota  ⇒ Klade: Sauropsida  ⇒ Unterklasse: Eureptilia  ⇒ ohne Rang: Romeriida  ⇒ Klade: Diapsida  ⇒ Ordnung: Sauropterygia  ⇒ Klade: Pistosauria  ⇒ Klade: Plesiosauria  ⇒ ohne Rang: Neoplesiosauria  ⇒ Überfamilie: Plesiosauroidea  ⇒ Klade: Cryptoclidia  ⇒ Klade: Xenopsaria

Taxo­nomic seg­ment

Klade

This mentioned taxonomy is an attempt to make an conclusive assignment from the different classifications of various scientists. Because the taxonomy may change due to the latest investigative methods and other findings, our map is a guide only.

Name from

Corre­spond­ing author (Name, Year)

Ketchum & Benson, 2010

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Leptocleidia

Former name

Leptocleidoidea

Druckenmiller und Russell 2008 (replaced name)

Lebenszeitraum in Million Jahren (Ma)

Start age: 150.8 Ma - End age: 66 Ma
66
86.3
100.5
125.77
154.8
Maastrichtian
Campanian
Santonian
Coniacian
Turonian
Cenomanian
Albian
Aptian
Barremian
Hauterivian
Valanginian
Berriasian
Tithonian
Kimmeridgian
Upper/Late Cretaceous
Lower/Early Cretaceous
Upper/Late Jurassic
Cretaceous
Jurassic

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Motility: actively mobile
Habit: depth=surface, aquatic
Environment: marine
Compositon of the remains:

Hydroxyapatite

Reference- and Source indication, Literature

Links

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On the same taxonomic level (siblings) (Count: 1)

Taxonomic assignment (52)

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  • B. A. Schumacher, 2007 - A new polycotylid plesiosaur (Reptilia; Sauropterygia) from the Greenhorn Limestone (Upper Cretaceous; lower upper Cenomanian), Black Hills, South Dakota - Geological Society of America Special Paper (427), 133-146 (journal article, English)
  • B. P. Kear, 2006 - An archaic crested plesiosaur in opal from the Lower Cretaceous high-latitude deposits of Australia - Biology Letters (2), 615-619 (journal article, English)
  • B. P. Kear, 2005 - Marine reptiles from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) deposits of White Cliffs, southeastern Australia: implications of a high latitude, cold water assemblage - Cretaceous Research (26), 769-782 (journal article, English)
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  • F. R. O'Keefe, 2004 - On the cranial anatomy of the polycotylid plesiosaurs, including new material of Polycotylus latipinnis, Cope, from Alabama - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (24), 326-340 (journal article, English)
  • N. Bardet, 2003 - A new polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Morocco - Comptes Rendus Palevol (2), 307-315 (journal article, English)
  • P. S. Druckenmiller, 2002 - Osteology of a new plesiosaur from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Thermopolis Shale of Montana - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (22), 29-42 (journal article, English)
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GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) 4UtPREL0IEKZHu1HeGf7Xg
GUID (Global unique identifier) 444F4BE1-F442-4220-991E-ED477867FB5E
Database ID 5919