NEW ZEALAND
NORTH ISLAND
SOUTH OF KIRITEHERE STREAM
SOUTH-WEST AUCKLAND
MARAKOPA COAST
N82/505
ORETIAN
LOWER CARNIAN STAGE
LOWER LATE TRIASSIC EPOCH
LATE TRIASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA
NEODIAPSIDA: BENTON, 1985
LEPIDOSAUROMORPHA: BENTON 1985
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
Incertae sedis
Plesiosaurus sp