GERMANY

LOWER SAXONY STATE

CA 2 KM NORTHEAST OF SARSTEDT

ABANDONED MOORBERG CLAY PIT

STADTAGEN FORMATION

MINDEN-BRAUSCHWIG GROUP

HIBOLITES JACULOIDES BELEMINTE ZONE

UPPER HAUTERIVIAN STAGE

UPPER NEOCOMIAN SUBEPOCH

MIDDLE EARLY CRETACEOUS EPOCH

EARLY EARLY CRETACEOUS

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

Superfamily: ELASMOSAUROIDEA nova

Family: ELASMOSAURIDAE Cope, 1869

*Lagenanectes richterae

 

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GERMANY

LOWER SAXONY STATE

CREMLINGEN AREA

SIMBISKITES CONCINNUS/STAFFI ZONE

UPPER HAUTERIVIAN STAGE

UPPER NEOCOMIAN SUBEPOCH

MIDDLE EARLY CRETACEOUS EPOCH

EARLY EARLY CRETACEOUS

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903

INFRACLASS: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

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: OPHTHALMOSAURIDEA SEELEY, 1874

Family: OPTHALMOSAURIDAE Seeley, 1874

*Acamptonectes densus

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