Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Division: Archelosauria
Division: Pan-Testudines
Superordo: †Sauropterygia
Ordo: Plesiosauria
Subordo: Plesiosauroidea
Genus: †Eoplesiosaurus
Species: E. antiquior

Name

• †Eoplesiosaurus Benson, Evans & Druckenmiller, 2012

Type species: Eoplesiosaurus antiquior Benson, Evans & Druckenmiller, 2012

Etymology: Genus name from Eo, Greek meaning ‘dawn’, and Plesiosaurus, referring to a proportionally long neck, which is also present in Plesiosaurus.

References

• Benson, Roger B. J., Mark Evans & Patrick S. Druckenmiller, 2012: High diversity, low disparity and small body size in plesiosaurs (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. PLoS One, 7(3): e31838. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031838 .