†order Pleurosauria Fitzinger 1843
Alternative spellings: Pleurosauri, Pleurosauri
Synonym: Acrosauria Meyer
Full reference: L. Fitzinger. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus Primus. Amblyglossae. Apud Braumüller and Seidel Bibliopolas, Vienna 1-106
Parent taxon: Lepidosauria according to O. W. M. Kuhn 1966
See also Fitzinger 1843, Jaekel 1910 and Kuhn 1946
Sister taxa: Cargninia, Dolichopodus, Euposaurus, Lacertoidopus, Millerosauria, Patricosaurus, Prolacertilia, Rhynchocephalia, Sauroeidepus, Sphenodontia, Sphenodontidae, Weigeltisauria
Subtaxa: none
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pleurosauria in the database