Thaumatodracon

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Scotokaryota
Cladus: Podiata
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Cladus: Eugnathostomata
Cladus: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Cladus: Stegocephali
Cladus: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Superclassis*: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neoreptilia
Cladus: Parapleurota
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Superordo: †Sauropterygia
Ordo: †Plesiosauria
Familia: †Rhomaleosauridae
Genus: †Thaumatodracon
Species: †T. wiedenrothi

Name

Thaumatodracon Smith & Araújo, 2017

Type species: Thaumatodracon wiedenrothi Smith & Araújo, 2017

References

Primary references

• Smith, A.S. & Araújo, R. 2017. Thaumatodracon wiedenrothi, a morphometrically and stratigraphically intermediate new rhomaleosaurid plesiosaurian from the Lower Jurassic (Sinemurian) of Lyme Regis. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 308(4–6): 89–125. DOI: 10.1127/pala/308/2017/89 . Reference page. 

Links

• †Thaumatodracon Smith & Araújo, 2017 (plesiosaur) – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

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