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Prolacertidae
Taxonomy
Prolacertidae was named by Parrington (1935). It was considered monophyletic by Ezcurra (2016).
It was assigned to Lacertoidea by Kuhn (1946); to Younginiformes by Haughton and Brink (1954); to Prolacertoidea by Kuhn (1966); to Prolacertiformes by Seiffert (1975); to Prolacertiformes by Chatterjee (1980); to Prolacertiformes by Benton (1985) and Benton and Allen (1997); to Protorosauria by Carroll (1988) and Li et al. (2007); and to Crocopoda by Ezcurra (2016).
It was assigned to Lacertoidea by Kuhn (1946); to Younginiformes by Haughton and Brink (1954); to Prolacertoidea by Kuhn (1966); to Prolacertiformes by Seiffert (1975); to Prolacertiformes by Chatterjee (1980); to Prolacertiformes by Benton (1985) and Benton and Allen (1997); to Protorosauria by Carroll (1988) and Li et al. (2007); and to Crocopoda by Ezcurra (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1935 | Prolacertidae Parrington |
| 1946 | Prolacertidae Kuhn p. 61 |
| 1954 | Prolacertidae Haughton and Brink p. 4 |
| 1966 | Prolacertidae Kuhn p. 41 |
| 1975 | Prolacertidae Seiffert p. 9 |
| 1980 | Prolacertidae Chatterjee p. 197 |
| 1985 | Prolacertidae Benton p. 154 |
| 1988 | Prolacertidae Carroll |
| 1997 | Prolacertidae Benton and Allen p. 931 |
| 2007 | Prolacertidae Li et al. p. 1601 |
| 2016 | Prolacertidae Ezcurra |
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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. †Prolacertidae Parrington 1935
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G. †Prolacerta Parrington 1935
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†Prolacerta broomi Parrington 1935
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Invalid names: Pricea longiceps Broom and Robinson 1948 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Induan | Australia (Queensland) | Kadimakara australiensis (85560) | |
| Induan | South Africa (Free State) | Prolacerta broomi (105608) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | South Africa (East Cape) | Prolacerta broomi (188978) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | Antarctica | Prolacerta broomi (27266 87410 87414 87420) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | South Africa (Free State) | Prolacerta broomi (105609) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Pricea longiceps (105606) | |
| Induan - Olenekian | South Africa (Free State) | Prolacerta broomi (88282 98602 105607) | |
| Induan - Olenekian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Prolacerta sp. (181691) | |
| Olenekian | Russian Federation (Orenburg) | Vritramimosaurus dzerzhinskii (98595) | |
| Olenekian | Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk) | P. sp. (94240) | |
| Ladinian | Russian Federation (Orenburg) | Malutinisuchus gratus (97439) | |
| Ladinian | Russian Federation (Komi) | Malutinisuchus gratus (143195) |