Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cryptoclidoidea 

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
Superfamilia: Cryptoclidoidea

Familia: †Aristonectidae
Genus: †Tatenectes
Species: T. laramiensis

Name

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

Synonyms

  • Cimoliosaurus laramiensis, Knight, 1900
  • Tricleidus laramiensis Mehl 1912

Type locality

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

Type material

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

References

  • 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
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