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Herrerasauria

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Herrerasauria was named by Galton (1985).

It was assigned to Theropoda by Galton (1985); and to Theropodomorpha by Olshevsky (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Herrerasauria Galton
1991Herrerasauria Olshevsky p. 104

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
superorderTheropodomorpha
infraorderHerrerasauria
infraorderHerrerasauria

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Infraor. †Herrerasauria Galton 1985
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G. †Maleriraptor Ezcurra et al. 2025
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†Maleriraptor kuttyi Ezcurra et al. 2025
Invalid names: Staurikosauridae Galton 1977 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Norian to the top of the Rhaetian or 227.30000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Arizona) Staurikosauridae indet. (49500)
Norian227.3 - 205.7India (Andhra Pradesh) Dinosauriformes indet. A (131838)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (England) Herrerasauria indet. (51970)