Megalneusaurus

Megalneusaurus rex (restoration)

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
Genus: † Megalneusaurus
Species: † M. rex

Name

Megalneusaurus Knight, 1898: 378

Type species: Cimoliosaurus rex Knight, 1895

References

• Knight, W.C. 1898. Some new Jurassic vertebrates from Wyoming. The American Journal of Science, ser. 4, 5: 378–381. BHL Reference page. 
• Knight, W.C. 1895. A new Jurassic plesiosaur from Wyoming. Science, new series 2(40): 449. BHL

Links

• †Megalneusaurus Knight, 1898 (plesiosaur) – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

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