†family Clevosauridae Fraser 1993 (lepidosaur)

Reptilia - Eosuchia - Clevosauridae

Full reference: N. C. Fraser. 1993. A new sphenodontian from the early Mesozoic of England and North America: implications for correlating early Mesozoic continental deposits. In: S. G. Lucas & M. Morales (eds.), The Nonmarine Triassic. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 3:135-139

Parent taxon: Eusphenodontia according to J. A. Herrera-Flores et al. 2018

See also Fraser 1993, Hsiou et al. 2015 and Hsiou et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Lanceirosphenodon, Microsphenodon, Neosphenodontia, Opisthiamimus, Polysphenodon

Subtaxa: Brachyrhinodon Clevosaurus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Canada (6: Nova Scotia collections), China (2), Mexico (4), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Triassic of Belgium (1), Brazil (3), Luxembourg (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (15), United States (1: Texas)

Total: 36 collections including 39 occurrences

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