Reptilia - Diapsida - Tanystropheidae
Synonyms: Macroscelosauridae Kuhn 1935, Tribelesodontidae Nopcsa 1923
Parent taxon: Archosauromorpha according to S. N. F. Spiekman and T. M. Scheyer 2019
See also Benton 1985, Carroll 1988, Chatterjee 1980, Chatterjee 1986, Dalla Vecchia 2020, Ezcurra 2016, Hay 1930, Kuhn 1966, Kuhn 1971, Nopcsa 1928, Renesto 2005, Seiffert 1975, Sennikov 2011, Senter 2004 and Spiekman et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Aenigmastropheus, Arctosaurus, Chasmatosuchus vjushkovi, Crocopoda, Czatkowiella, Elessaurus, Exilisuchus, Exilisuchus tubercularis, Gwyneddosaurus, Helveticosauroidea, Jesairosaurus, Mecistotrachelos, Megalancosauridae, Ocolurtaia, Ocolurtaia arquata, Prolacertiformes, Protorosauria, Protorosaurus, Rhabdopelix longispinis, Teraterpetidae, Teyujagua, Trilophosauridae
Subtaxa: Amotosaurus Augustaburiania Dinocephalosaurus Langobardisaurus Macrocnemus Protanystropheus Raibliania Sclerostropheus Tanystropheus Tanytrachelos
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), Canada (1: Nova Scotia), China (5), Germany (11), Israel (2), Italy (7), the Netherlands (1), Poland (2), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Switzerland (8), the United Kingdom (1), United States (12: Arizona, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina)
Total: 55 collections including 61 occurrences