†family Saphaeosauridae Nopcsa 1923
Reptilia - Eosuchia - Saphaeosauridae
Alternative spellings: Saphaeosaurinae, Sapheosauridae
Synonym: Sauranodontidae Lortet 1892
Full reference: B. F. Nopcsa. 1923. Die Familien der Reptilien [The families of reptiles]. Forschritte der Geologie und Palaeontologie. Verlag von Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin 2:1-210
Parent taxon: Neosphenodontia according to J. A. Herrera-Flores et al. 2018
See also Benton 1985, Cocude-Michel 1963, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966 and Nopcsa 1923
Sister taxa: Homoeosauridae, Pamizinsaurus, Pleurosauridae
Subtaxa: Kallimodon Sapheosaurus
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence