Pachycostasaurus

Pachycostasaurus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pliosauroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Superordo: †Sauropterygia Ordo: †Plesiosauria Subordo: †Pliosauroidea

Familia: †Pliosauridae
Genus: †Pachycostasaurus
Species †P. dawni

Name

Pachycostasaurus Cruickshank, Martill & Noé, 1996

References

• Cruickshank, A.R.I., Martill, D.M. & Noé, L.F. 1996. A pliosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) exhibiting pachyostosis from the Middle Jurassic of England. Journal of the Geological Society 153(6): 873–879. DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.6.0873 . Reference page. 

Links

• †Pachycostasaurus Cruickshank et al., 1996 (plesiosaur) – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

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