Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Cryptoclidoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
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