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Dolichosauridae
Taxonomy
Dolichosauridae was named by Gervais (1852). Its type is Dolichosaurus. It was considered monophyletic by Lee and Caldwell (2000).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Dolichosauridae by Paparella et al. (2018) and Caldwell et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Sauria by Gervais (1853); to Platynota by Kuhn (1946) and McDowell and Bogert (1954); to Lacertilia by Zittel (1890) and Huene (1954); to Varanoidea by Kuhn (1966), Seiffert (1975), Carroll (1988) and Dal Sasso and Pinna (1997); to Ophidiomorpha by Palci and Caldwell (2010); and to Pythonomorpha by Lee and Caldwell (2000), Paparella et al. (2018) and Caldwell et al. (2021).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Dolichosauridae by Paparella et al. (2018) and Caldwell et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Sauria by Gervais (1853); to Platynota by Kuhn (1946) and McDowell and Bogert (1954); to Lacertilia by Zittel (1890) and Huene (1954); to Varanoidea by Kuhn (1966), Seiffert (1975), Carroll (1988) and Dal Sasso and Pinna (1997); to Ophidiomorpha by Palci and Caldwell (2010); and to Pythonomorpha by Lee and Caldwell (2000), Paparella et al. (2018) and Caldwell et al. (2021).
Subtaxa
Acteosaurus, Adriosaurus, Aphanizocnemus, Coniasaurus, Dolichosaurus (type genus), Pachyophis, Pontosaurus, Primitivus, Tetrapodophis
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1852 | Dolichosauridae Gervais |
1853 | Dolichosauridae Gervais p. 471 |
1890 | Dolichosauridae Zittel p. 606 |
1946 | Dolichosauridae Kuhn p. 61 |
1954 | Dolichosauridae Huene p. 62 |
1954 | Dolichosauridae McDowell and Bogert p. 132 |
1966 | Dolichosauridae Kuhn p. 59 |
1975 | Dolichosauridae Seiffert p. 10 |
1988 | Dolichosauridae Carroll |
1997 | Dolichosauridae Dal Sasso and Pinna pp. 4-20 |
2000 | Dolichosauridae Lee and Caldwell |
2010 | Dolichosauridae Palci and Caldwell |
2018 | Dolichosauridae Paparella et al. |
2021 | Dolichosauridae Caldwell et al. p. 896 |
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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. †Dolichosauridae Gervais 1852
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G. †Adriosaurus Seeley 1881
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†Adriosaurus microbrachis Palci and Caldwell 2007
†Adriosaurus skrbinensis Caldwell and Palci 2010
†Adriosaurus suessi Seeley 1881
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Invalid names: Acteosaurus crassicostatus Calligaris 1993 [synonym]
G. †Aphanizocnemus Dal Sasso and Pinna 1997
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†Aphanizocnemus libanensis Dal Sasso and Pinna 1997
G. †Coniasaurus Owen 1850
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†Coniasaurus crassidens Owen 1850
†Coniasaurus gracilodens Caldwell 1999
G. †Pontosaurus Kramberger 1892
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†Pontosaurus kornhuberi Caldwell 2006
†Pontosaurus lesinensis Kornhuber 1873
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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S. B. McDowell and C. M. Bogert 1954 | Temporal arch?; frontals separate; palate without teeth; pineal foramen present; vertebral central articulations oblique; no hyperphalangy; sacrum of two vertebrae; pelvis with pubis reduced; interclavicle reduced; cervical vertebrae 13 or more; quadrate not massive; muzzle short and blunt. |
Measurements
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 122.46000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (34 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceara) | Tetrapodophis amplectus (77891) | |
Cenomanian | Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzegovina) | Pachyophis woodwardi (53519) | |
Cenomanian | United Kingdom (England) | Coniasaurus crassidens (118448 118449) | |
Cenomanian | USA (Texas) | Coniasaurus crassidens (102475) | |
Cenomanian - Turonian | United Kingdom (England) | Dolichosaurus longicollis (92426) Dolichosaurus sp. (92427) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Dolichosauridae indet. (77231) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | United Kingdom (England) | Coniasaurus gracilodens (118335) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian | Lebanon (Kesrouâne) | Aphanizocnemus libanensis, Dolichosauridae indet. (60285) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian | United Kingdom (England) | Coniasaurus crassidens (118407) | |
Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Texas) | Coniasaurus sp. (102474) | |
Late/Upper Cenomanian | United Kingdom (England) | Coniasaurus crassidens (118408) | |
Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Colorado) | Coniasaurus crassidens (132505) | |
Late/Upper Cenomanian | Spain (Asturias) | Dolichosauridae indet. (98396) | |
Late/Upper Cenomanian | Slovenia | Acteosaurus tommasinii (123569) Adriosaurus skrbinensis (96678) Adriosaurus sp., Adriosaurus microbrachis, Adriosaurus suessi (87055) | |
Late/Upper Cenomanian | Croatia | Dolichosauridae indet., Hydrosaurus lesinensis (123565) | |
Middle Cenomanian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Coniasaurus crassidens (22731) | |
Middle Cenomanian | USA (Colorado) | Coniasaurus crassidens (35429 213403) | |
Middle Cenomanian | USA (Kansas) | Coniasaurus crassidens (94538) | |
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian | United Kingdom (England) | Coniasaurus crassidens (118409) | |
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian | Kazakhstan | Dolichosauridae indet. (210282) | |
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | Australia (Queensland) | Dolichosauridae indet. (62553) | |
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | Slovenia | Acteosaurus crassicostatus (123579) | |
Early/Lower Turonian | USA (Kansas) | Coniasaurus crassidens (213385) | |
Early/Lower Turonian | United Kingdom (England) | Coniasaurus crassidens (118452) | |
Middle Turonian | USA (Kansas) | Coniasaurus crassidens (115647 213390) | |
Middle Turonian | USA (Nebraska) | Coniasaurus sp. (213389) | |
Middle Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Coniasaurus sp. (103989) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Italy (Puglia) | Primitivus manduriensis (91385) |