†family Tangasauridae Haughton 1924 (diapsid)
Reptilia - Eosuchia - Tangasauridae
Parent taxon: Younginoidea according to M. J. Benton 1985
See also Carroll 1988, Currie 1982, Harris and Carroll 1977 and Kuhn 1966
Sister taxon: Younginidae
Subtaxa: Kenyasaurinae Tangasaurinae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Kenya (1 collection), Madagascar (1)
• Permian of Madagascar (1), Tanzania (1)
Total: 4 collections including 7 occurrences