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† Rhomaleosaurus zetlandicus (Rhomaleosaurus thorntoni)
Rhomaleosaurus zetlandicus

Additional Functions

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  ⇒ Infraklasse: Eureptilia  ⇒ ohne Rang: Romeriida  ⇒ Unterklasse: Diapsida  ⇒ Ordnung: Sauropterygia  ⇒ Klade: Pistosauria  ⇒ Klade: Plesiosauria  ⇒ Familie: Rhomaleosauridae  ⇒ Gattung: Rhomaleosaurus

Taxo­nomic seg­ment

Art

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)

Phillips, 1854

Other languages

scientific

Rhomaleosaurus zetlandicus

Alternative Name

scientific

Plesiosaurus propinquus

Tate & Blake, 1876
Ref.: R. Tate and J. F. Blake. 1876. The Yorkshire Lias

scientific

Plesiosaurus simpsoni

Blake, 1876
Ref.: R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia

scientific

Rhomaleosaurus thorntoni

Andrews, 1922
Ref.: C. W. Andrews. 1922. Note on the skeleton of a large plesiosaur (Rhomaleosaurus thorntoni, sp. n) from the Upper Lias of Northamptonshire. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10:407-415

scientific

Thaumatosaurus propinquus

Tate & Blake, 1876
Ref.: R. Tate and J. F. Blake. 1876. The Yorkshire Lias

Recombined

scientific

Plesiosaurus zetlandi

Phillips, 1854
Ref.: R. Tate and J. F. Blake. 1876. The Yorkshire Lias

scientific

Plesiosaurus zetlandicus

Phillips, 1854
Ref.: R. Tate and J. F. Blake. 1876. The Yorkshire Lias

Lebenszeitraum in Million Jahren (Ma)

Start age: 182 Ma - End age: 174.1 Ma
Phanerozoic
(Phanerozoikum)
Mesozoic
(Mesozoikum)
Jurassic
(Jura)
Middle Jurassic
(Dogger)
Lower/Early Jurassic
(Lias)
Aalenian
(Aalenium)
Toarcian
(Toarcium)
171.6
175.6
175.6
183

Additional data by PBDB, License: CC BY

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

Hydroxyapatite

Reference- and Source indication, Literature

On the same taxonomic level (siblings) (Count: 2)

Taxonomic assignment (0)

References by PBDB, License: CC BY

  • P. Vincent, 2009 - A redescription of Plesiosaurus propinquus Tate & Blake, 1876 (Reptilia, Plesiosauria), from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) of Yorkshire, England - Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society (57), 133-142 (journal article, English)
  • F. R. O'Keefe, 2001 - A cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision of the Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) - Acta Zoologica Fennica (213), 1-63 (journal article, English)
  • A. R. I. Cruickshank, 1996 - The cranial anatomy of Rhomaleosaurus thorntoni Andrews (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) - Bulletin of the Natural History Museum of London (52), 109-114 (journal article, English)
  • C. W. Andrews, 1922 - Note on the skeleton of a large plesiosaur (Rhomaleosaurus thorntoni, sp. n) from the Upper Lias of Northamptonshire - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10), 407-415 (journal article, English)
  • R. Lydekker, 1889 - - Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia (), - (book/book chapter, English)
  • R. Tate, 1876 - - The Yorkshire Lias (), 1-475 (book, English)

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) 9CGp7R7RO0aTH7u23vHf0g
GUID (Global unique identifier) EDA921F4-D11E-463B-931F-BBB6DEF1DFD2
Database ID 160007