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Sauria

Reptilia

Taxonomy

Sauria was named by MacCartney (1802). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subclass Sauria by Owen (1859) and Gadow (1898); it was corrected as Sauri by Quenstedt (1882); it was synonymized subjectively with Lacertilia by Seiffert (1975); it was reranked as the suborder Sauria by Hay (1902), Gilmore (1928), Estes (1964), Antunes (1964), Kuhn (1966), Sulimski (1972), Benton (1985), Barbera and Macuglia (1991) and Muller (2003).

It was assigned to Amphibia by Quenstedt (1882); to Saurophidia by Perrier (1928); to Lepidosauria by Haubold (1974); to Squamata by Hay (1902), Gilmore (1928), Antunes (1964), Kuhn (1966), Sulimski (1972), Benton (1985) and Barbera and Macuglia (1991); to Squamata by Hay (1930), Welles and Gregg (1971), Wiffen (1980), Estes (1983), Sullivan (1986), Lingham-Soliar (1994) and Lingham-Soliar (1995); to Reptilia by d'Orbigny (1849), Mantell (1854), Owen (1859), Gadow (1898), Estes (1964), Sahni and Srivastava (1976) and Clos (1995); and to Neodiapsida by Muller (2003).

Subtaxa

Ascalabota, Autosauri, Dactylopodes, Eolacertilia, Geckonidi, Iguaniformes, Labyrinthodontes, Labyrinthodontidae, Lacertidi, Lacertipus, Menodon, Mosasauriformes, Nexipodes, Vermilinguii

Sister taxa

Autosauri

Synonyms

Ascalabota was named by Gilmore (1928). It was considered paraphyletic by Estes et al. (1988).

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Sauria by Estes et al. (1988).

It was assigned to Sauria by Gilmore (1928); and to Sauria by Gilmore (1942).
Saurii was named by Latreille (1800) [attributed by Latreille to Brongniart 1800, but Brongniart used the French form Sauriens and not the Latin form Saurii: see Dundee 1989]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Sauria by Dundee (1989).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1800	Saurii Latreille
1802	Sauria MacCartney
1849	Sauria d'Orbigny p. 204
1854	Sauria Mantell p. 646
1859	Sauria Owen p. 140
1882	Sauri Quenstedt p. 155
1898	Sauria Gadow p. 24
1902	Sauria Hay p. 473
1928	Ascalabota Gilmore
1928	Sauria Gilmore p. 14
1928	Sauria Perrier p. 3118
1930	Sauria Hay p. 242
1942	Ascalabota Gilmore p. 264
1964	Sauria Antunes p. 137
1964	Sauria Estes p. 101
1966	Sauria Kuhn p. 45
1971	Sauria Welles and Gregg p. 49
1972	Sauria Sulimski p. 34
1974	Sauria Haubold p. 38
1976	Sauria Sahni and Srivastava p. 925
1980	Sauria Wiffen p. 508
1983	Sauria Estes
1985	Sauria Benton p. 157
1986	Sauria Sullivan p. 109
1991	Sauria Barbera and Macuglia p. 421
1994	Sauria Lingham-Soliar p. 269
1995	Sauria Clos p. 254
1995	Sauria Lingham-Soliar
2003	Sauria Muller

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Eosuchia	()
—	Neodiapsida
suborder	Sauria	(MacCartney 1802)
suborder	Sauria	(MacCartney 1802)

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.

Subor. Sauria MacCartney 1802

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Or. Autosauri Haeckel

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Invalid names: Chamaeleontes Wiegmann [empty], Geckones Spix 1825 [empty]

Infraor. †Eolacertilia Robinson 1967

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Invalid names: Fulengidae Carroll and Galton 1977 [empty], Naocephalus Cope 1872 [nomen dubium], Naocephalus porrectus Cope 1872 [nomen dubium]

Subor. Iguaniformes Hay 1930

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Invalid names: Chamaeleonoidae Hay 1930 [empty], Iguanoidae Hay 1930 [empty]

G. †Lacertipus Haubold 1971

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†Lacertipus navajoensis Haubold 1971

Invalid names: Ascalabota Gilmore 1928 [invalid subgroup], Geckonidi Perrier 1928 [empty], Labyrinthodontidae d'Orbigny 1849 [empty], Lacertidi Perrier 1928 [empty], Mosasauriformes Hay 1930 [empty], Saurii Latreille 1800 [synonym], Vermilinguii Perrier 1928 [empty]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
E. Perrier 1928	Humérus et fémurs mobiles surtout dans un plan horizontal, l'animal demeurant élevé à la hauteur de l'avant-bras et de la jambe. Les deux moitiés de la mandibule unies par une symphyse; os carré mobile; cloaque-s'ouvrant par une fente transversale, de chaque côté de laquelle, existe, chez le mâle, un organe copulateur rétractile. Membres parfois rudimentaires ou même nuls.