NORTHWEST GERMANY

SASCHEN (SAXONY) STATE

DRESDEN-PLAUEN

DÖLZSCHEN FORMATION

UPPER CENOMANIAN STAGE

UPPER GALLIC SUBEPOCH

LOWER GULF EPOCH

MIDDLE CRETACEOUS

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

Incertae sedis

Gen. sp indet.

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903

INFRACLASS: EURYAPSIDA COLBERT, 1945

SUPERORDER: SAUROPTERYGIA OWEN 1860

GRANDORDER: EOSAUROPTERYGIA emend RIEPPEL, 1994

ORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835

Incertae sedis

Gen. sp indet.

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NORTHWEST GERMANY

SASCHEN (SAXONY) STATE

HESSELTAL NEAR HALLE/WESTF

SCOUR TROUGH HORIZON I OF THE PUZOSIA-EVENT I

UPPER CENOMANIAN STAGE

UPPER GALLIC SUBEPOCH

LOWER GULF EPOCH

MIDDLE CRETACEOUS

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904

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

Coniasaurus crassidens

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