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Homalosauropodidae (disused)

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Homalosauropodidae was named by Janensch (1929).

It was synonymized subjectively with Atlantosauridae by Steel (1970).

It was assigned to Sauropoda by Huene (1948), Young (1958), Dong (1977) and Dong (1979).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Homalosauropodidae Janensch
1948Homalosauropodidae Huene p. 93
1958Homalosauropodidae Young p. 25
1977Homalosauropodidae Dong
1979Homalosauropodidae Dong

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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
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
superfamilyHomalosauropodidaeJanensch 1929
superfamilyHomalosauropodidaeJanensch 1929

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.

Superfm. †Homalosauropodidae Janensch 1929
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. v. Huene 1948Long snout descending in a straight line; bolt-like teeth; nasal openings small, shiften backward to an interorbital position.