Edgarosaurus

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Edgarosaurus

Extinct (fossil)

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Sauropterygia
Order:	Plesiosauria
Suborder:	Plesiosauroidea
Family:	Polycotylidae
Genus:	*Edgarosaurus*
Species:	*E. muddi*

Binomial name

Edgarosaurus muddi

Edgarosaurus is a genus of Polycotylid Plesiosaur, containing one species, E. muddi. The type specimen was found in Early Cretaceous (late Albian) rocks in the state of Montana in the USA. At the time, the area it was found in was covered by part of the Western Interior Seaway.

References

Druckenmiller, PS, 2002. Osteology of a new plesiosaur from the lower Cretaceous (Albian) Thermopolis Shale of Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22: 29-42. (Abstract)

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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

See below

Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Sauropsida*
Goodrich, 1916

Subclasses

Anapsida
Diapsida

Synonyms

Reptilia Laurenti, 1768

Reptiles are tetrapods and amniotes, animals whose embryos are surrounded by an amniotic membrane, and members of the class
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Sauropterygia
Owen, 1860

Orders

?Thalattosauriformes
Placodontia
Nothosauroidea
Plesiosauria

Sauropterygia ("lizard flippers") is a group of very successful aquatic reptiles that flourished during the Age of the Dinosaurs
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Plesiosauria
de Blainville, 1835

Suborders

Plesiosauroidea
Pliosauroidea
Plesiosauria (IPA /ˈplisiəˌsɔɹ/) (Greek: plesios meaning 'near to' and
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Plesiosauroidea
Gray, 1825

Families

Cimoliasauridae
Cryptoclididae
Elasmosauridae
Plesiosauridae
Polycotylidae

Plesiosaurs (IPA /ˈplisɪəˌsɔɹ/
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Polycotylidae is a family of large plesiosaurs from the Cretaceous, a sister group to the elasmosauridae.

With their short necks and large elongated heads, they resemble the pliosaurs, but closer phylogenetical studies indicate that they share many common features with the
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binomial nomenclature is the formal system of naming species. The system is also called binominal nomenclature (particularly in zoological circles), binary nomenclature (particularly in botanical circles), or the binomial classification system.
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genus (plural: genera) is part of the Latinized name for an organism. It is a name which reflects the classification of the organism by grouping it with other closely similar organisms.
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species is one of the basic units of biological classification. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.
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The Early Cretaceous (timestratigraphic name) or the Lower Cretaceous (logstratigraphic name), is the earlier of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous Period. It began about 146 million years ago.
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Albian (French Albion, from Alba = Aube in France) Albian is a stage of the Cretaceous period.

Albian is a term proposed in 1842 by A. d'Orbigny for that stage of the Cretaceous system which comes above (later) the Aptian and below (before) the Cenomanian (Pal.
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State of Montana

Flag of Montana Seal
Nickname(s): Treasure State, Big Sky Country
Motto(s): Oro y plata (Gold and silver)

Official language(s) English

Capital Helena
Largest city
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Motto
"In God We Trust" (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
Anthem
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Western Interior Seaway, also called the Cretaceous Seaway, the Niobraran Sea, and the North American Inland Sea, was a huge inland sea that split the continent of North America into two halves during most of the early and mid-Cretaceous Period.
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