†family Claudiosauridae Carroll 1981 (diapsid)
Reptilia - Eosuchia - Claudiosauridae
Full reference: R. L. Carroll. 1981. Plesiosaur Ancestors from the Upper Permian of Madagascar. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 293(1066):315-383
Parent taxon: Neodiapsida according to M. J. Benton 1985
See also Carroll 1981 and Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Acallosuchus, Euryapsida, Galesphyridae, Galesphyrus, Lacertulus, Orovenator, Palaeagama, Sauria, Sauria, Saurosternon, Sphodrosaurus, Weigeltisauridae, Younginiformes
Subtaxa: Claudiosaurus
Type: Claudiosaurus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of Madagascar (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence