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Prosauria (disused)

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Prosauria was named by Gadow (1898).

It was reranked as the subclass Prosauria by Gadow (1898) and Perrier (1928).

It was assigned to Reptilia by Gadow (1898) and Perrier (1928); and to Anapsida by Roxo (1937).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Prosauria Gadow p. 17
1928Prosauria Perrier p. 3117
1937Prosauria Roxo p. 42

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassProsauria()
subclassProsauria()

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.

Subcl. †Prosauria Gadow 1898
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Perrier 1928
Vertèbres amphicéliques, lépospondyles ou stéréospondyles, souvent avec des intercentres dans la région du tronc et des chevrons mobiles aux vertèbres caudales.