Megalneusaurus

Megalneusaurus rex (restoration)

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
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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