WEST GERMANY
NORTH RHEIN-WESTFALEN STATE
STADTTEIL BROICH
MÜLHEIM AN DER RUHR
ESSEN-GRÜNSAND FORMATION
BASAL MANTELLICERAS MANTELLI ZONE
NEOSTINGOCERAS CARCITANENSE SUBZONE
MANTELLICERAS DIXONI ZONE.
EARLY CENOMANIAN STAGE
MIDDLE GALLIC SUBEPOCH
LOWERMOST GULF EPOCH
EARLY CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
______________________________________________________________________________SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: CHELONOMORPHA KUHN, 1960
SUPERCOHORT: TESTUDINES LINNAEUS, 1758
COHORT: CASICHELYDIA emend GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
MAGANORDER: CRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
SUPERORDER: SELMACRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY, HUTCHISON, JENKINS & MEEKR, 1987
GRANDORDER: DAIOCRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
MICRORDER: CENTROCRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
ORDER: POLYCRPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
SUBORDER: PROCOELOCRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
INFRAORDER: CHELONOIDEA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
Superfamily: DERMOCHELYOIDEA Willams, 1950
Family: PROTOSTEGIDAE Cope, 1889
Gen. sp indet.
GERMANY
NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA STATE
WESTPHALIA
HESSELTAL OF HALLE
QUARRY DIECKMAN KG
UPPERMOST LATE CENOMANIAN STAGE
UPPER MIDDLE GALLIC SUBEPOCH
LOWER GULF EPOCH
LATE MIDDLE CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
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
Subfamily: DOLICHOSAURIDAE Gervais, 1852
Tribe: DOLICHOSAURINI Gervais, 1852
Dolichosaurus longicollis
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