SOUTHERN UNITED KINGDOM
ENGLAND
SOMERSET COUNTY
DONIFORD BAY
BLUE LIAS FORMATION
CALOCERAS JOHNSTONI AMMONITE SUBZONE
PSILOCERASPLANORBISAMMONITE ZONE
HETTANGIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
INFRACLASS: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
NEODIAPSIDA: INCERTAE SEDIS
OR AMNIOTA: INCERTAE SEDIS
MAGANORDER: ICHTHYOPTERYGIA BAUR, 1887 emend nova
SUPERORDER: EOICHTHYOSAURIA MOTANI, 1999
GRANDORDER: ICHTHYOSAURIA EMEND BLAINVILLE, 1835
MICRORDER: LONGIPINNATI HUENE, 1948
ORDER: MERRIAMOSAURIA MONTANI, 1999
SUBORDER: EUICHTHYOSAURIA MONTANI, 1999
INFRAORDER: PARVIPELVIA MONTANI, 1999
PARVORDER: NEOICHTHYOSAURIA SANDER, 2000
Superfamily: ICHTHYOSAUROIDEA Bonaparte, 1841 (Emend McGowan & Montani, 2003)
Family: ICHTHYOSAURIDAE Bonaparte, 1841
Ichthyosaurus somersetensis
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SOUTHERN UNITED KINGDOM
ENGLAND
SOMERSET COUNTY
NEAR STREET
WALTON
BLUE LIAS FORMATION
PRE-PLANORBIS BEDS
HETTANGIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
INFRACLASS: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
NEODIAPSIDA: INCERTAE SEDIS
OR AMNIOTA: INCERTAE SEDIS
MAGANORDER: ICHTHYOPTERYGIA BAUR, 1887 emend nova
SUPERORDER: EOICHTHYOSAURIA MOTANI, 1999
GRANDORDER: ICHTHYOSAURIA EMEND BLAINVILLE, 1835
MICRORDER: LONGIPINNATI HUENE, 1948
ORDER: MERRIAMOSAURIA MONTANI, 1999
SUBORDER: EUICHTHYOSAURIA MONTANI, 1999
INFRAORDER: PARVIPELVIA MONTANI, 1999
PARVORDER: NEOICHTHYOSAURIA SANDER, 2000
Superfamily: ICHTHYOSAUROIDEA Bonaparte, 1841 (Emend McGowan & Montani, 2003)
Family: ICHTHYOSAURIDAE Bonaparte, 1841
*Ichthyosaurus larkini
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SOUTHERN UNITED KINGDOM
ENGLAND
SOMERSET COUNTY
STREET
BLUE LIAS FORMATION
PRE-PLANORBIS BEDS
HETTANGIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
INFRACLASS: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
NEODIAPSIDA: INCERTAE SEDIS
OR AMNIOTA: INCERTAE SEDIS
MAGANORDER: ICHTHYOPTERYGIA BAUR, 1887 emend nova
SUPERORDER: EOICHTHYOSAURIA MOTANI, 1999
GRANDORDER: ICHTHYOSAURIA EMEND BLAINVILLE, 1835
MICRORDER: LONGIPINNATI HUENE, 1948
ORDER: MERRIAMOSAURIA MONTANI, 1999
SUBORDER: EUICHTHYOSAURIA MONTANI, 1999
INFRAORDER: PARVIPELVIA MONTANI, 1999
PARVORDER: NEOICHTHYOSAURIA SANDER, 2000
Superfamily: ICHTHYOSAUROIDEA Bonaparte, 1841 (Emend McGowan & Montani, 2003)
Family: ICHTHYOSAURIDAE Bonaparte, 1841
Ichthyosaurus larkini
Ichthyosaurus somersetensis
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SOUTHERN UNITED KINGDOM
ENGLAND
SOMERSET COUNTY
POSSIBLY GLASTONBURY
BLUE LIAS FORMATION
PRE-PLANORBIS BEDS
HETTANGIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
INFRACLASS: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
NEODIAPSIDA: INCERTAE SEDIS
OR AMNIOTA: INCERTAE SEDIS
MAGANORDER: ICHTHYOPTERYGIA BAUR, 1887 emend nova
SUPERORDER: EOICHTHYOSAURIA MOTANI, 1999
GRANDORDER: ICHTHYOSAURIA EMEND BLAINVILLE, 1835
MICRORDER: LONGIPINNATI HUENE, 1948
ORDER: MERRIAMOSAURIA MONTANI, 1999
SUBORDER: EUICHTHYOSAURIA MONTANI, 1999
INFRAORDER: PARVIPELVIA MONTANI, 1999
PARVORDER: NEOICHTHYOSAURIA SANDER, 2000
Superfamily: ICHTHYOSAUROIDEA Bonaparte, 1841 (Emend McGowan & Montani, 2003)
Family: ICHTHYOSAURIDAE Bonaparte, 1841
*Ichthyosaurus somersetensis
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ENGLAND
SOMERSET COUNTY
STREET
LOWERMOST HETTANGIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
INFRACLASS: EURYAPSIDA COLBERT, 1945
SUPERORDER: SAUROPTERYGIA OWEN 1860
GRANDORDER: EOSAUROPTERYGIA emend RIEPPEL, 1994
ORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835
SUBORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835
INFRAORDER: PLIOSAUROMORPHA NOVA
Superfamily: PLIOSAUROIDEA Seeley, 1874
Family: RHOMALEOSAURIDAE Nopsca, 1928
*Avalonnectes arturi
*Stratesaurus taylori
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SOUTHERN UNITED KINGDOM
ENGLAND
SOMERSET COUNTY
WATCHET
PRE-PLANORBIS BEDS
HETTANGIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
Note: Marine deposit.
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990
COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988
SUPERORDER: PARASUCHIMORPHA NOVA
ORDER: PARASUCHIA HUXLEY, 1875
Family: MYSTRIOSUCHIDAE Huene, 1915
Subfamily: MYSTRIOSUCHINAE Huene, 1915 (sensu Chatterjee, 1978)
aff. Mystriosuchus sp
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SOUTHERN UNITED KINGDOM
ENGLAND
SOMERSET COUNTY
WATCHET
LOWERMOST HETTANGIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
INFRACLASS: EURYAPSIDA COLBERT, 1945
SUPERORDER: SAUROPTERYGIA OWEN 1860
GRANDORDER: EOSAUROPTERYGIA emend RIEPPEL, 1994
ORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835
SUBORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835
INFRAORDER: PLIOSAUROMORPHA NOVA
Superfamily: PLIOSAUROIDEA Seeley, 1874
Incertae sedis
*Eoplesiosaurus antiquior
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ENGLAND
SOMERSET COUNTY
STREET
PSILOCERAS PLANORBIS ZONE
HETTANGIAN-PLIENSBACHIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
INFRACLASS: EURYAPSIDA COLBERT, 1945
SUPERORDER: SAUROPTERYGIA OWEN 1860
GRANDORDER: EOSAUROPTERYGIA emend RIEPPEL, 1994
ORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835
SUBORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835
INFRAORDER: PLESIOSAUROMORPHA NOVA
EUPLESIOSAURIA O’KEEFE, 2001
Family: PLESIOSAURIDAE Gray, 1825
Thalassiodracon hawkinsii
= Plesiosaurus hawkinsii
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