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Pleurosauria (disused)

Reptilia - Pleurosauria

Taxonomy
Pleurosauri was named by Fitzinger (1843).

It was reranked as the suborder Pleurosauri by Jaekel (1910); it was reranked as the order Pleurosauria by Kuhn (1966).

It was assigned to Gastropleurae by Fitzinger (1843); to Sphenodonti by Jaekel (1910); and to Lepidosauria by Kuhn (1966).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Pleurosauri Fitzinger p. 60
1910Pleurosauri Jaekel p. 333
1946Acrosauria Kuhn p. 63
1966Pleurosauria Kuhn p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Eosuchia()
Neodiapsida
SauriaGauthier 1984
Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
superorderLepidosauria()
orderPleurosauria()
orderPleurosauria()

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.

Or. †Pleurosauria Fitzinger 1843
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Invalid names: Acrosauria Meyer [synonym]
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available