Anningasaura lymense

Anningasaura lymense

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Plesiosauria

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Superordo: †Sauropterygia Ordo: †Plesiosauria

Familia: †Rhomaleosauridae
Genus: †Anningasaura
Species: †Anningasaura lymense

Name

• †Anningasaura lymense Vincent & Benson, 2012: 1050

Holotype: NHMUK OR49202, an almost complete skull with mandibles in occlusion, with eight associated cervical vertebrae.

Type locality: “the lower part of the Lias Group (Lower Jurassic) of Lyme Regis, Dorset, England.”

References

Primary references

• Vincent, P. & Benson, R.B.J. 2012. Anningasaura, a basal plesiosaurian (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Lower Jurassic of Lyme Regis, United Kingdom. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(5): 1049–1063. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.686467 Reference page. 

Links

• i – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.