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Poposauroidea
Taxonomy
Poposauroidea was named by Nopcsa (1923). Its type is Poposaurus.
It was reranked as the superfamily Poposauroidea by Huene (1934) and Huene (1934); it was reranked as the unranked clade Poposauroidea by Weinbaum and Hungerbühler (2007), Nesbitt (2011) and Gauthier et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Orthopoda by Nopcsa (1928); to Ornithischia by Huene (1934) and Huene (1934); to Paracrocodylomorpha by Weinbaum and Hungerbühler (2007) and Nesbitt (2011); and to Suchia by Gauthier et al. (2011).
It was reranked as the superfamily Poposauroidea by Huene (1934) and Huene (1934); it was reranked as the unranked clade Poposauroidea by Weinbaum and Hungerbühler (2007), Nesbitt (2011) and Gauthier et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Orthopoda by Nopcsa (1928); to Ornithischia by Huene (1934) and Huene (1934); to Paracrocodylomorpha by Weinbaum and Hungerbühler (2007) and Nesbitt (2011); and to Suchia by Gauthier et al. (2011).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1923 | Poposauroidea Nopcsa |
1928 | Poposauroidea Nopcsa p. 184 |
1934 | Poposauroidea Huene p. 15 |
2007 | Poposauroidea Weinbaum and Hungerbühler p. 132 |
2011 | Poposauroidea Gauthier et al. p. 109 |
2011 | Poposauroidea Nesbitt p. 197 fig. 51 |
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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.
Unr. †Poposauroidea Nopcsa 1923
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Unr. †Ctenosauriscidae Kuhn 1964
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G. †Bromsgroveia Galton 1985
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G. †Ctenosauriscus Kuhn 1964
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†Ctenosauriscus koeneni Huene 1902
Invalid names: Ctenosaurus Huene 1902 [replaced]
G. †Poposaurus Mehl 1915
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†Poposaurus gracilis Mehl 1915
†Poposaurus langstoni Long and Murry 1995
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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B. F. Nopcsa 1928 | incompletely known; vertebrae biplane; anterior part of ilium expanded downward; bipedal |
Measurements
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983 |
Age range: base of the Olenekian to the top of the Late/Upper Triassic or 251.20000 to 201.40000 Ma
Collections (37 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Spathian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Ctenosaurus koeneni (109489) | |
Olenekian | Russian Federation (Volgograd) | Bystrowisuchus flerovi (27343) | |
Olenekian - Anisian | China (Shaanxi) | Xilousuchus sapingensis (98594) | |
Aegean - Bithynian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Ctenosauriscus sp. (109490) | |
Aegean - Bithynian | USA (New Mexico) | Arizonasaurus babbitti, P. new species (135441) | |
Aegean - Bithynian | USA (Arizona) | Arizonasaurus babbitti (95094) Arizonasaurus babbitti, Poposauroidea indet. (95095 95112) Arizonasaurus babbitti, P. new species (95092) Arizonasaurus babbitti, P. unnamed species (34888) | |
Anisian | China (Hubei) | Lotosaurus sp. (97694) | |
Anisian | Tanzania (Ruvuma) | Hypselorhachis mirabilis (93024) | |
Anisian | United Kingdom (England) | Bromsgroveia walkeri (97695) Bromsgroveia walkeri, Thecodontosaurus sp., Megalosaurus sp. (57944) | |
Anisian | China (Hunan) | Lotosaurus adentus (92024) | |
Pelsonian | China (Guizhou) | Qianosuchus mixtus (88049) | |
Carnian | USA (Wyoming) | Poposaurus gracilis (91494 91590) | |
Carnian | USA (Texas) | Poposaurus gracilis (79374) | |
Carnian - Norian | USA (Texas) | Poposaurus gracilis (105769 135657) Poposaurus gracilis, Lythrosuchus langstoni (22706) Rauisuchidae indet. (22704) Thecodontia indet. (98596) | |
Late/Upper Triassic | USA (Arizona ) | Poposaurus gracilis (188760) | |
Norian | USA (Arizona) | Poposaurus gracilis (22705 39160 39219 52501 92850 92911 92922 93354) | |
Norian | USA (Texas) | Poposauroidea indet. (196354) | |
Norian | USA (Utah) | Poposaurus gracilis (108771) | |
Norian - Rhaetian | Poland (Slaskie) | Archosauria indet. (85500) | |
Rhaetian | USA (Arizona) | Poposaurus sp. (84015) |