†family Drepanosauridae Berman and Reisz 1992 (diapsid)

Reptilia - Diapsida - Drepanosauridae

Full reference: D. S. Berman and R. R. Reisz. 1992. Dolabrosaurus aquatilis, a small lepidosauromorph reptile from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of north-central New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 66(6):1001-1009

Parent taxon: Drepanosauromorpha according to A. C. Pritchard and S. J. Nesbitt 2017

See also Alifanov and Kurochkin 2011, Berman and Reisz 1992, Carroll 1988, Dalla Vecchia 2006, Renesto and Dalla Vecchia 2005, Renesto et al. 2010 and Senter 2004

Sister taxa: Ancistronychus, Elyurosauria, Hypuronector

Subtaxa: Avicranium Dolabrosaurus Kyrgyzsaurus Megalancosaurinae Skybalonyx

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic to Jurassic of United States (1: Utah collection)

• Triassic of Italy (6), Kyrgyzstan (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (9: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas)

Total: 18 collections including 22 occurrences

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