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Temnodontosauridae (disused)

Osteichthyes - Temnodontosauridae

Taxonomy
Temnodontosauridae was named by McGowan (1974). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Longipinnati by McGowan (1974); to Temnodontosauroidea by McGowan and Motani (2003); and to Neoichthyosauria by Maisch (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Temnodontosauridae McGowan
2003Temnodontosauridae McGowan and Motani
2010Temnodontosauridae Maisch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Ichthyosauromorpha
—Ichthyosauriformes
—Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
—Eoichthyosauria
—Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
—Parvipelvia
—NeoichthyosauriaSander 2000
familyTemnodontosauridae
familyTemnodontosauridae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Temnodontosauridae McGowan 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available