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Claudiosauridae

Reptilia - Claudiosauridae

Taxonomy
Claudiosauridae was named by Carroll (1981). It is not extant. Its type is Claudiosaurus.

It was assigned to Neodiapsida by Benton (1985); and to Sauropterygia by Carroll (1981) and Carroll (1988).

Subtaxa
Claudiosaurus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Claudiosauridae Carroll p. 337
1985Claudiosauridae Benton p. 153
1988Claudiosauridae Carroll

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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()
Eosuchia()
Neodiapsida
familyClaudiosauridae
familyClaudiosauridae

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.

Fm. †Claudiosauridae Carroll 1981
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G. †Claudiosaurus Carroll 1981
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Claudiosaurus germaini Carroll 1981
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: Lopingian or 259.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17Madagascar (Fianarantsoa) Claudiosaurus germaini (85505 85512)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17Madagascar (Tulear) Claudiosaurus germaini (85506)