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Prolacertilia (disused)

Reptilia - Prolacertilia

Taxonomy
Prolacertilia was named by Huene (1954).

It was reranked as the order Prolacertilia by Kuhn (1966).

It was assigned to Squamata by Huene (1954); and to Lepidosauria by Kuhn (1966).

Sister taxa
Prolacertoidea (syn. Macrocnemoidea), Tanysitrachelia, Trachelosauria

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Prolacertilia Huene p. 61
1966Prolacertilia Kuhn p. 40

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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()
orderProlacertilia()
orderProlacertilia()

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. †Prolacertilia Huene 1954
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Subor. †Prolacertoidea Camp 1923
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Invalid names: Macrocnemoidea Kuhn 1946 [synonym], Priceidae Kuhn 1961 [empty]
Subor. †Tanysitrachelia Peyer 1931
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Invalid names: Tanysitrachelidae Kuhn 1946 [empty]
Invalid names: Trachelosauria Broili 1917 [empty]
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