Tatenectes laramiensis
Taxonavigation
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: †Plesiosauroidea
Familia: †Cryptoclididae
Genus: †Tatenectes
Species: † Tatenectes laramiensis
Name
Tatenectes laramiensis (Knight, 1900) - O’Keefe & Wahl, 2003
- Type locality: Oxfordian, Upper Jurassic; "Redwater Shale" informal member, Upper Member of the Sundance Formation; Natrona and Carbon Counties, Wyoming.
- Holotype: W. C. Knight, uncatalogued. (Lost)
- Neotype: University of Wyoming Museum of Geology, Laramie, Wyoming. UW 15943 & UW 24801
Synonyms
References
- Knight, W.C. 1900. Some new Jurassic vertebrates. American Journal of Science, ser. 4, 10: 115–119. BHL Reference page.
- O'Keefe, F.R. & Wahl, W. Jr. 2003. Preliminary report on the osteology and relationships of a new aberrant cryptocleidoid plesiosaur from the Sundance Formation, Wyoming. Paludicola 4(2): 48–68. PDF Reference page.
- 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. DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0118 Reference page.