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Megalancosaurinae

Reptilia - Drepanosauridae

Taxonomy
Megalancosaurinae was named by Renesto et al. (2010). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Drepanosauridae by Renesto et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Megalancosaurinae Renesto et al. p. 59

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Drepanosauromorpha
familyDrepanosauridae
Megalancosaurinae
Megalancosaurinae

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. †Megalancosaurinae Renesto et al. 2010
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G. †Drepanosaurus Pinna 1980
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G. †Megalancosaurus Calzavara et al. 1981
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Megalancosaurus endennae Renesto et al. 2010
Megalancosaurus preonensis Calzavara et al. 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Alaunian to the top of the Rhaetian or 215.38000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (New Mexico) Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus (74202)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Italy (Lombardia) Megalancosaurus preonensis, Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus, Megalancosaurus endennae (36377)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus (83370)
Alaunian - Sevatian215.38 - 205.7Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus (83780) Megalancosaurus preonensis (83472 83574)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4USA (New Mexico) Drepanosauridae indet. (48422)