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Necrosaurinae

Reptilia - Necrosauridae

Taxonomy
Necrosaurinae was named by Hoffstetter (1943). Its type is Necrosaurus.

It was assigned to Necrosauridae by Kuhn (1966).

Subtaxa
Melanosauroides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Necrosaurinae Hoffstetter
1966Necrosaurinae Kuhn p. 58

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
familyNecrosauridaeHoffstetter 1943
subfamilyNecrosaurinaeHoffstetter 1943
subfamilyNecrosaurinaeHoffstetter 1943

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.

Subfm. †Necrosaurinae Hoffstetter 1943
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G. †Melanosauroides Kuhn 1940
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Created: 2005-09-23 14:19:46
Modified: 2005-09-23 16:19:46
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Augé 2003, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available