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Pistosauroidea

Reptilia - Eosauropterygia

Taxonomy
Pistosauroidea was named by Baur (1887).

It was reranked as the superfamily Pistosauroidea by Rieppel (2000).

It was assigned to Plesiosauria by Persson (1963); to Eosauropterygia by Rieppel (1999); to Eusauropterygia by Rieppel (2000); and to Sauropterygia by Cheng et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Pistosauroidea Baur
1963Pistosauroidea Persson p. 3
1999Pistosauroidea Rieppel p. 321
2000Pistosauroidea Rieppel
2006Pistosauroidea Cheng et al. p. 501

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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()
suborderSauropterygia
orderEosauropterygia
suborderPistosauroideaBaur 1887
suborderPistosauroideaBaur 1887

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.

Subor. †Pistosauroidea Baur 1887
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G. †Chinchenia Young 1965
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†Chinchenia sungi Young 1965
G. †Cymatosaurus Fritsch 1894
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†Cymatosaurus erikae Maisch 2014
†Cymatosaurus gracilis Schrammen 1899
†Cymatosaurus latifrons Gürich 1884
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Invalid names: Cymatosaurus silesiacus Schrammen 1899 [objective synonym]
†Cymatosaurus minor Rieppel and Wernburg 1998
Invalid names: Cymatosaurus erythreus Huene 1944 [nomen dubium], Eurysaurus Gaudry 1878 [synonym], Proneusticosaurus Volz 1902 [synonym]
G. †Kwangsisaurus Young 1959
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G. †Wangosaurus Ma et al. 2015
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†Wangosaurus brevirostris Ma et al. 2015
G. †Yunguisaurus Cheng et al. 2006
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†Yunguisaurus liae Cheng et al. 2006
Invalid names: Cymatosauria Huene 1944 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:36
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Olenekian to the top of the Ladinian or 251.20000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2China (Guangxi) Kwangsisaurus orientalis (97989)
Aegean - Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Baden-Württeberg) Cymatosaurus sp. (134506)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Austria (Arlberg) Cymatosaurus multidentatus (138070)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany Cymatosaurus erytheus (138071)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Thuringia) Cymatosaurus minor (105188)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Poland Cymatosaurus fridericianus, Nothosaurus latifrons, Proneusticosaurus silesiacus, Cymatosaurus sp. (63538) Cymatosaurus sp., Cymatosaurus latifrons, Proneusticosaurus madelungi (138068)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Cymatosaurus fridericianus (106438)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Germany Cymatosaurus erikae (138069)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Poland (Opolskie) Cymatosaurus gracilis (104812)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Netherlands Cymatosaurus sp. (106538)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Proneusticosaurus sp. (31770)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0China (Guizhou) Chinchenia sungi (97985)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0China (Yunnan) Yunguisaurus liae (119443 130792)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0China (Guizhou) Yunguisaurus liae (130791)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0China (Guizhou) Wangosaurus brevirostris (98907) Yunguisaurus sp., Wangosaurus brevirostris (196507)