†family Claudiosauridae Carroll 1981 (diapsid)

Reptilia - Eosuchia - Claudiosauridae

Full reference: R. L. Carroll. 1981. Plesiosaur Ancestors from the Upper Permian of Madagascar. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 293(1066):315-383

Parent taxon: Neodiapsida according to M. J. Benton 1985

See also Carroll 1981 and Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Acallosuchus, Euryapsida, Galesphyridae, Galesphyrus, Lacertulus, Orovenator, Palaeagama, Sauria, Sauria, Saurosternon, Sphodrosaurus, Weigeltisauridae, Younginiformes

Subtaxa: Claudiosaurus

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Type: Claudiosaurus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of Madagascar (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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