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Leptonectes moorei

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8513082https://www.gbif.org/species/8513082
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)171229https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=171229
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Leptonectidae : Leptonectes : Leptonectes moorei
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Ichthyosauria : Leptonectes : Leptonectes moorei
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-IchthyosauromorphaMotani et al. 2015
-IchthyosauriformesMotani et al. 2015
-Ichthyopterygia
-EoichthyosauriaMotani 1999
-Ichthyosauria
-ParvipelviaMotani 1999
-NeoichthyosauriaSander 2000
genusLeptonectesMcGowan 1996
speciesLeptonectes mooreiMcGowan & Milner 1999
Generic NameLeptonectes
Scientific NameLeptonectes moorei McGowan & Milner, 1999
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Leptonectes mooreispeciesbelongs to Leptonectesstated with evidenceMcGowan, 1978
Leptonectes mooreispeciesbelongs to Leptonectesstated without evidenceMcGowan and Motani, 2003
Leptonectes mooreispeciesbelongs to Leptonectesstated with evidenceMaisch, 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance190 - 183 Ma
Early Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance190 - 183 Ma
Early Jurassic
Environmentmarine (based on Ichthyosauria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Ichthyosauria)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ichthyosauria)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Ichthyosauria)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite (based on Ichthyosauria)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. McGowan and A. C. Milner. 1999. A new Pliensbachian Ichthyosaur from Dorset, England. Palaeontology 42(5):761-768

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1978Leptonectes moorei McGowan pp. 761-768 figs. 1-4
1999Leptonectes moorei McGowan and Milner p. 761 figs. 1-4
2000Leptonectes moorei Maisch and Matzke p. 72
2003Leptonectes moorei McGowan and Motani
2010Leptonectes moorei Maisch

References

McGowan C., Milner A. C. (1999) A new Pliensbachian Ichthyosaur from Dorset, England, Palaeontology 42 5, 761-768
Maisch M. W., Matzke A. T. (2000) The Ichthyosauria, Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Palaontologie) 298, 1-159
Maisch M. W. (2010) Phylogeny, systematics, and origin of the Ichthyosauria - the state of the art, Palaeodiversity 3, 151-214
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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