Brancasaurus
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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: Incertae sedis
Genus: †Brancasaurus
Species: †B. brancai
Name[edit]
- †Brancasaurus Wegner, 1914: 235
Type species: †Brancasaurus brancai Wegner, 1914, by monotypy.
Synonyms[edit]
- †Gronausaurus Hampe, 2013: 475 [synonymized by Sachs, Hornung & Kear (2016: 57)]
Type species: †Gronausaurus wegneri Hampe, 2013, by original designation and monotypy.
References[edit]
Primary references[edit]
- Wegner, T.H. 1914. Brancasaurus brancai n. g. n. sp., ein Elasmosauride aus dem Wealden Westfalens. pp. 235–305 In: Schoendorf, F. (ed.). Festschrift für Wilhelm Branca. Verlag von Gebrüder Borntrager: Leipzig. 494 pp. Reference page.
- Hampe, O. 2013. The forgotten remains of a leptocleidid plesiosaur (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauroidea) from the Early Cretaceous of Gronau (Münsterland, Westphalia, Germany). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 78(4): 473–491. DOI: 10.1007/s12542-013-0175-3 Reference page.
- Sachs, S., Hornung, J.J. & Kear, B.P. 2016. Reappraisal of Europe’s most complete Early Cretaceous plesiosaurian: Brancasaurus brancai Wegner, 1914 from the ‘‘Wealden facies’’ of Germany. PeerJ 4: e2813. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2813 Reference page.