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Ardeosauridae

Reptilia - Ardeosauridae

Taxonomy
Ardeosauridae was named by Camp (1923). It is not extant. Its type is Ardeosaurus. It was considered monophyletic by Mateer (1982).

It was assigned to Scincoidea by Kuhn (1946); to Scincomorpha by Seiffert (1975); to Gekkonoidea by Cocude-Michel (1963), Kuhn (1966), Mateer (1982); to Gekkota by Estes (1983); and to Nyctisaura by Carroll (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Ardeosauridae Camp
1946Ardeosauridae Kuhn p. 61
1963Ardeosauridae Cocude-Michel
1966Ardeosauridae Kuhn p. 47
1975Ardeosauridae Seiffert p. 10
1982Ardeosauridae Mateer
1983Ardeosauridae Estes
1988Ardeosauridae Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderGekkonomorpha
infraorderGekkotaCuvier 1817
familyArdeosauridaeCamp 1923
familyArdeosauridaeCamp 1923

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. †Ardeosauridae Camp 1923
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G. †Gurvelus Alifanov 2019
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†Gurvelus khangaicus Alifanov 2019
G. †Palaeolacerta Cocude-Michel 1961
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†Palaeolacerta bavarica Cocude-Michel 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available