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Eosuchia
Taxonomy
Eosuchia was named by Broom (1914). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Laurin (1991).
It was reranked as the order Eosuchia by Roxo (1937), Huene (1954), Haughton and Brink (1954), Kuhn (1964), Estes (1964), Kuhn (1966), Olson (1966), Estes and Berberian (1970), Harris and Carroll (1977), Reisz (1977); it was reranked as the infraclass Eosuchia by Evans (1980); it was reranked as the unranked clade Eosuchia by Laurin (1991).
It was assigned to Prodiapsida by Roxo (1937); to Thecodontia by Broom (1914), Kuhn (1946); to Archosauromorpha by Huene (1954); to Lepidosauria by Haughton and Brink (1954); to Lepidosauria by Olson (1966); to Lepidosauria by Kuhn (1966); to Reptilia by Russell (1956), Kuhn (1964), Estes (1964), Estes and Berberian (1970), Harris and Carroll (1977); to Diapsida by Reisz (1977), Evans (1980); to Lepidosauromorpha by Carroll (1988); to Crocodylia by Carroll (1988); and to Diapsida by Laurin (1991).
It was reranked as the order Eosuchia by Roxo (1937), Huene (1954), Haughton and Brink (1954), Kuhn (1964), Estes (1964), Kuhn (1966), Olson (1966), Estes and Berberian (1970), Harris and Carroll (1977), Reisz (1977); it was reranked as the infraclass Eosuchia by Evans (1980); it was reranked as the unranked clade Eosuchia by Laurin (1991).
It was assigned to Prodiapsida by Roxo (1937); to Thecodontia by Broom (1914), Kuhn (1946); to Archosauromorpha by Huene (1954); to Lepidosauria by Haughton and Brink (1954); to Lepidosauria by Olson (1966); to Lepidosauria by Kuhn (1966); to Reptilia by Russell (1956), Kuhn (1964), Estes (1964), Estes and Berberian (1970), Harris and Carroll (1977); to Diapsida by Reisz (1977), Evans (1980); to Lepidosauromorpha by Carroll (1988); to Crocodylia by Carroll (1988); and to Diapsida by Laurin (1991).
Subtaxa
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by T. Liebrecht on 2013-10-27
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1914 | Eosuchia Broom pp. 1072, 1075 |
| 1937 | Eosuchia Roxo p. 44 |
| 1946 | Eosuchia Kuhn p. 63 |
| 1954 | Eosuchia Haughton and Brink p. 3 |
| 1954 | Eosuchia Huene p. 41 |
| 1956 | Eosuchia Russell p. 4 |
| 1964 | Eosuchia Estes p. 99 |
| 1964 | Eosuchia Kuhn p. 310 |
| 1966 | Eosuchia Kuhn p. 34 |
| 1966 | Eosuchia Olson p. 301 |
| 1970 | Eosuchia Estes and Berberian p. 4 |
| 1977 | Eosuchia Harris and Carroll p. 141 |
| 1977 | Eosuchia Reisz p. 1093 |
| 1980 | Eosuchia Evans p. 204 |
| 1988 | Eosuchia Carroll |
| 1991 | Eosuchia Laurin pp. 83, 84 fig. 11 |
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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.
Unr. Eosuchia Broom 1914
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Unr. †Avicephala Senter 2004
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G. †Coelurosauravus Piveteau 1926
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†Coelurosauravus elivensis Piveteau 1926
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Invalid names: Daedalosaurus madagascariensis Carroll 1978 [synonym]
Invalid names: Daedalosaurus Carroll 1978 [synonym], Gracilisaurus Weigelt 1930 [synonym]
Invalid names: Simiosauria Senter 2004 [empty]
Invalid names: Acerosodontosauridae [empty], Noteosuchidae Broom 1925 [empty], Palaeagamidae Broom 1926 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Norian or 259.51000 to 205.70000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | Germany (Saxony Anhalt) | Coelurosauravus sp. (85484) | |
| Lopingian | Madagascar (Tulear) | Coelurosauravus elivensis, Daedalosaurus madagascariensis (85494) | |
| Lopingian | Madagascar (Fianarantsoa) | Daedalosaurus sp. (85512) | |
| Induan - Olenekian | South Africa (Free State) | Aenigmasaurus grallator (88282) | |
| Ladinian - Carnian | Kyrgyzstan (Batken) | Longisquama insignis (115162) | |
| Norian | USA (Texas) | Drepanosauridae indet. (13273) |