LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY

NORTH KELSEY

CORALLIAN GROUP

LATE JURASSIC

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904

INFRACLASS: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

NEODIAPSIDA: INCERTAE SEDIS

OR AMNIOTA: INCERTAE SEDIS

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: ICHTHYOSAUROIDEA Bonaparte, 1841 (Emend McGowan & Montani, 2003)

Family: ICHTHYOSAURIDAE Bonaparte, 1841

Incertae sedis

Gen. sp indet.

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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: PLIOSAUROMORPHA NOVA

Superfamily: PLIOSAUROIDEA Seeley, 1874

Family: PLIOSAURIDAE Seeley, 1874

*Pliosaurus brachydeirus
= Plesiosaurus brachyderius

INFRACLASS: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

NEODIAPSIDA: INCERTAE SEDIS

OR AMNIOTA: INCERTAE SEDIS

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

Ophthalmosaurus icenicus