Reptilia - Protorosauria - Protorosauridae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1871. On the homologies of some of the cranial bones of the Reptilia, and on the systematic arrangement of the class. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 19:194-247
Parent taxon: Protorosauria according to M. D. Ezcurra et al. 2014
See also Benton 1985, Boulenger 1893, Carroll 1988, Chatterjee 1980, Chatterjee 1986, Cope 1871, Cope 1875, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Osborn 1903, Sennikov 1997 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Fuyuansaurus, Pectodens, Sharovipterygidae
Subtaxa: Aphelosaurus Malerisaurus Microcnemus Thecodontosaurus primus Tridentinosaurus
Type: Protorosaurus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of India (1 collection), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (6), United States (2: Texas)
• Permian of France (1)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences