Edgarosaurus

Edgarosaurus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sauropterygia

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
Subordo: †Plesiosauroidea
Familia: †Polycotylidae
Genus: †Edgarosaurus
Species (1): †E. muddi

Name

• †Edgarosaurus Druckenmiller, 2002: 30

Type species: †Edgarosaurus muddi Druckenmiller, 2002, by original designation and monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Druckenmiller, P.S. 2002. Osteology of a new plesiosaur from the lower Cretaceous (Albian) Thermopolis Shale of Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(1): 29–42. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0029:OOANPF]2.0.CO;2

Links

• †Edgarosaurus Druckenmiller, 2002 (plesiosaur) – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

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