NEW MEXICO

BERNALILO COUNTY

NMMNH L-297

HOSTA TONGUE

POINT LOOKOUT SANDSTONE

NIOBARAN

SANTONIAN STAGE

SENONIAN SUBEPOCH

LOWER GULF EPOCH

EARLY LATE 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

Incertae sedis

Gen. sp indet.

INFRACLASS: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

LEGION: LEPIDOSAUROMORPHA BENTON, 1983

SUBLEGION: LEPIDOSAURIA HAECKEL, 1866 (DUMERIL & BIBRON, 1839)

MAGNORDER: SQUAMATA, OPPEL, 1811

SUPERORDER: LACERTILIA OWEN, 1842

GRANDORDER: SCINCOGEKKONOMORPHA SUKHANOV, 1961

MICRORDER: SCINCOMORPHA CAMP, 1923

ORDER: ANGUIMORPHA FURBRINGER, 1900

SUBORDER: DIPLOGLOSSA COPE, 1864

INFRAORDER: THECAGLOSSA COPE, 1890

PARVORDER: MONSTERSAURIA NORELL & GAO, 1977

Superfamily: VARANOIDEA Gray, 1827 (sensu Camp, 1923)

Family: MOSASAURIDAE Gervais, 1853

Infrafamily: NATANIA

Subfamily: RUSSELLOSAURINAE Bell, 1993

Tribe: PLIOPLATECARPINI Dollo, 1884 (sensu Russell, 1967)

Platecarpus sp

Subfamily: MOSASAURINAE Gervais, 1853 (sensu Williston, 1897)

Tribe: MOSASAURINI Gervais, 1853 (sensu Russell, 1967)

Clidastes sp

LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946

SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985

INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992

SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842

COHORT: THEROPODA EMEND MARSH, 1881

AVEPODA PAUL, 2002

SUPERORDER: NEOTHEROPODA BAKKER, 1986

GRANDORDER: TETANURAE GAUTHIER, 1986

MICRORDER: COELUROSAURIA HUENE, 1914

ORDER: MANIRAPTORFORMES HOLTZ, 1996

AVETHEROPODA PAUL, 2001

SUBORDER: COELURIA MARSH, 1881

Superfamily: TYRANNOSAUROIDEA Osborn, 1906 (sensu Bonaparte et. al., 1990)

Family: TYRANNOSAURIDAE Osborn, 1906

Gen. sp indet.

COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985

MAGNORDER: ORNITHISCHIA SEELEY, 1888

SUPERORDER: NEORNITHISCHIA COOPER, 1985

GRANDORDER: ORNITHOPODA MARSH, 1871

MICRORDER: EUORNITHOPODA SERENO, 1986

ORDER: IGUANODONTIA DOLLO, 1888

SUBORDER: ANKYLOPOLLEXIA SERENO, 1986

INFRAORDER: STYRACOSTERNA SERENO, 1986

PARVORDER: HADROSAURIFORMES SERENO, 1997

SUPERFAMILY: HADROSAUROIDEA COPE, 1869 (SENSU SERENO, 1986)

Family: HADROSAURIDAE COPE, 1869

Incertae sedis

Gen. sp indet.

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