Futabasaurus suzukii

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Superordo: †Sauropterygia
Ordo: †Plesiosauria
Subordo: †Plesiosauroidea
Familia: †Elasmosauridae
Genus: †Futabasaurus
Species: †Futabasaurus suzukii

Name

Futabasaurus suzukii Sato, Hasegawa & Manabe, 2006: 468

Holotype: NSM PV15025

Type locality: "A riverside outcrop ... of the Ohisa River in Itakizawa, Ohisa Town, Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan ... 'D Bed' ... Irimazawa Member of the Tamayama Formation of the Futaba Group".

Eponymy: Tadashi Sukuzi [Sato et al., 2006: 468]

References

Primary references

Sato, T., Hasegawa, Y. & Manabe, M. 2006. A new elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Fukushima, Japan. Palaeontology 49(3): 467–484. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00554.x ResearchGate Reference page.

Vernacular names

日本語: フタバサウルス・スズキイ

Links

†Futabasaurus suzukii Sato et al., 2006 (Futaba Suzuki Ryu) – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.