Futabasaurus suzukii

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Plesiosauroidea
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: †Elasmosauridae
Genus: †Futabasaurus
Species: †Futabasaurus suzukii

Name edit

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 edit

Primary references edit

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 edit

日本語: フタバサウルス・スズキイ