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Megalancosaurus endennae

Reptilia - Drepanosauridae

Taxonomy
Megalancosaurus endennae was named by Renesto et al. (2010). Its type specimen is MBSN 25, a partial skeleton (Partial postcranial skeleton), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Endenna cave, which is in an Alaunian shallow subtidal limestone/marl in the Zorzino Limestone Formation of Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Megalancosaurus endennae Renesto et al. p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Drepanosauromorpha
familyDrepanosauridae
—Megalancosaurinae
genusMegalancosaurus
speciesendennae

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.

†Megalancosaurus endennae Renesto et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available