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Lotosaurus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Lotosaurus was named by Zhang (1975). Its type is Lotosaurus adentus. It was considered monophyletic by Nesbitt (2011).

It was assigned to Ctenosauriscidae by Carroll (1988); to Rauisuchidae by Parrish (1993); to Poposauroidea by Weinbaum and Hungerbühler (2007); to Poposauroidea by Nesbitt (2011); and to Lotosauridae by Zhang (1975) and Sennikov (2012).

Species
L. adentus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Lotosaurus Zhang
1988Lotosaurus Carroll
1993Lotosaurus Parrish p. 290 fig. 1
2007Lotosaurus Weinbaum and Hungerbühler p. 142
2011Lotosaurus Nesbitt fig. 51
2012Lotosaurus Sennikov

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
superfamilyPoposauroidea(Nopcsa 1923)
genusLotosaurus

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.

G. †Lotosaurus Zhang 1975
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†Lotosaurus adentus Zhang 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available