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Helveticosauroidea

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Helveticosauroidea was named by Rieppel (1989).

It was assigned to Archosauromorpha by Rieppel (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Helveticosauroidea Rieppel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
superfamilyHelveticosauroidea
superfamilyHelveticosauroidea

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.

Superfm. †Helveticosauroidea Rieppel 1989
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Fm. †Helveticosauridae Peyer 1955
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G. †Eusaurosphargis Nosotti and Rieppel 2003
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†Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi Nosotti and Rieppel 2003
G. †Helveticosaurus Peyer 1955
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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

Age range: base of the Bithynian to the top of the Ladinian or 247.20000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Netherlands (Gelderland) Saurosphargis sp. (96875)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Netherlands Eusaurosphargis sp. (106538)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Italy Helveticosaurus zollingeri (175096)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Italy (Piedmont) Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi (86708)
Illyrian - Fassanian247.2 - 235.0Switzerland Helveticosaurus zollingeri (122057)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Switzerland Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi (117530)