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Macroscelesauridae (disused)

Osteichthyes - Macroscelesauridae

Taxonomy
Macroscelesauridae was named by Haughton (1924).

It was assigned to Dromasauria by Kuhn (1946).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Macroscelesauridae Haughton
1946Macroscelesauridae Kuhn p. 57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassTheromorpha()
suborderDromasauria
familyMacroscelesauridaeHaughton 1924
familyMacroscelesauridaeHaughton 1924

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. †Macroscelesauridae Haughton 1924
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Diagnosis
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