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Pistosauroidea
Taxonomy
Pistosauroidea was named by Baur (1887).
It was reranked as the superfamily Pistosauroidea by Rieppel (2000).
It was assigned to Plesiosauria by Persson (1963); to Eosauropterygia by Rieppel (1999); to Eusauropterygia by Rieppel (2000); and to Sauropterygia by Cheng et al. (2006).
It was reranked as the superfamily Pistosauroidea by Rieppel (2000).
It was assigned to Plesiosauria by Persson (1963); to Eosauropterygia by Rieppel (1999); to Eusauropterygia by Rieppel (2000); and to Sauropterygia by Cheng et al. (2006).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1887 | Pistosauroidea Baur |
| 1963 | Pistosauroidea Persson p. 3 |
| 1999 | Pistosauroidea Rieppel p. 321 |
| 2000 | Pistosauroidea Rieppel |
| 2006 | Pistosauroidea Cheng et al. p. 501 |
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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.
Subor. †Pistosauroidea Baur 1887
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G. †Cymatosaurus Fritsch 1894
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†Cymatosaurus erikae Maisch 2014
†Cymatosaurus fridericianus Frtisch 1894
†Cymatosaurus gracilis Schrammen 1899
†Cymatosaurus latifrons Gürich 1884
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Invalid names: Cymatosaurus silesiacus Schrammen 1899 [objective synonym]
†Cymatosaurus minor Rieppel and Wernburg 1998
†Cymatosaurus multidentatus Huene 1958
Invalid names: Cymatosaurus erythreus Huene 1944 [nomen dubium], Eurysaurus Gaudry 1878 [synonym], Proneusticosaurus Volz 1902 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cymatosauria Huene 1944 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Olenekian to the top of the Longobardian or 249.90000 to 237.00000 Ma
Collections (18 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Olenekian | China (Guangxi) | Kwangsisaurus orientalis (97989) | |
| Aegean - Bithynian | Germany (Baden-Württeberg) | Cymatosaurus sp. (134506) | |
| Anisian | Poland | Cymatosaurus fridericianus, Nothosaurus latifrons, Proneusticosaurus silesiacus, Cymatosaurus sp. (63538) Cymatosaurus sp., Cymatosaurus latifrons, Proneusticosaurus madelungi (138068) | |
| Anisian | Austria (Arlberg) | Cymatosaurus multidentatus (138070) | |
| Anisian | Germany (Thuringia) | Cymatosaurus minor (105188) | |
| Anisian | Germany | Cymatosaurus erytheus (138071) | |
| Anisian - Ladinian | France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) | Proneusticosaurus sp. (31770) | |
| Middle Triassic | China (Guizhou) | Chinchenia sungi (97985) | |
| Bithynian | Netherlands | Cymatosaurus sp. (106538) | |
| Bithynian | Germany | Cymatosaurus erikae (138069) | |
| Bithynian | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Cymatosaurus fridericianus (106438) | |
| Bithynian | Poland (Opolskie) | Cymatosaurus gracilis (104812) | |
| Ladinian | China (Guizhou) | Yunguisaurus liae (130791) | |
| Ladinian | China (Yunnan) | Yunguisaurus liae (119443 130792) | |
| Longobardian | China (Guizhou) | Wangosaurus brevirostris (98907) Yunguisaurus sp., Wangosaurus brevirostris (196507) |