Tatenectes laramiensis

Tatenectes laramiensis

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
Subordo: †Plesiosauroidea
Familia: †Cryptoclididae
Genus: †Tatenectes
Species: † Tatenectes laramiensis

Name

Tatenectes laramiensis (Knight, 1900) - O’Keefe & Wahl, 2003

• Type locality: Oxfordian, Upper Jurassic; "Redwater Shale" informal member, Upper Member of the Sundance Formation; Natrona and Carbon Counties, Wyoming.

• Holotype: W. C. Knight, uncatalogued. (Lost)
• Neotype: University of Wyoming Museum of Geology, Laramie, Wyoming. UW 15943 & UW 24801

Synonyms

• Cimoliosaurus laramiensis Knight, 1900: 117 (Original combination)
• Tricleidus laramiensis (Knight, 1900) - Mehl 1912

References

• Knight, W.C. 1900. Some new Jurassic vertebrates. American Journal of Science, ser. 4, 10: 115–119. BHL Reference page. 
• O'Keefe, F.R. & Wahl, W. Jr. 2003. Preliminary report on the osteology and relationships of a new aberrant cryptocleidoid plesiosaur from the Sundance Formation, Wyoming. Paludicola 4(2): 48–68. PDF Reference page. 
• O'Keefe, F.R. & Street, H.P. 2009. Osteology of the Cryptocleidoid Plesiosaur Tatenectes laramiensis, with Comments on the Taxonomic Status of the Cimoliasauridae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(1): 48–57. DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0118 Reference page.