Rhomaleosauridae

Rhomaleosauridae

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Superordo: †Sauropterygia

Ordo: †Plesiosauria
Familia: †Rhomaleosauridae
Genera: Anningasaura – Archaeonectrus – Atychodracon – Avalonnectes – Bishanopliosaurus – Borealonectes – Eurycleidus – Macroplata – Maresaurus – Meyerasaurus – Rhomaleosaurus – Thaumatodracon – Yuzhoupliosaurus

Name

†Rhomaleosauridae Nopcsa, 1928

References

• Nopsca, F. 1928. The genera of reptiles. Paleobiologica, 1: 163–188.
• Smith, A.S.; Vincent, P. 2010: A new genus of pliosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Lower Jurassic of Holzmaden, Germany. Palaeontology, 53(5): 1049–1063. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00975.x
• Ketchum, H.F.; Benson, R.B.J. 2011. A new pliosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Oxford Clay Formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian) of England: evidence for a gracile, longirostrine grade of Early-Middle Jurassic pliosaurids. Special Papers in Palaeontology 86: 109–129.

Links

• †family Rhomaleosauridae Nopcsa 1928 (plesiosaur) – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

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