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Askeptosauroidea

Reptilia - Thalattosauria

Taxonomy

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Askeptosauroidea Wu et al. p. 17 fig. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Eugnathostomata
Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Thalattosauriformes
orderThalattosauria
superfamilyAskeptosauroidea
superfamilyAskeptosauroidea

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. †Askeptosauroidea Wu et al. 2009
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G. †Anshunsaurus Liu 1999
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Anshunsaurus huangnihensis Cheng et al. 2007
Anshunsaurus wushaensis Rieppel et al. 2006
G. †Askeptosaurus Nopcsa 1925
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Askeptosaurus italicus Nopsca 1925
G. †Miodentosaurus Cheng et al. 2007
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Miodentosaurus brevis Cheng et al. 2007
G. †Endennasaurus Renesto 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:24
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Alaunian or 243.33000 to 211.18000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0Switzerland Askeptosaurus italicus (174993)
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48Switzerland Askeptosaurus italicus (122057)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0China (Guizhou) Anshunsaurus wushaensis, Anshunsaurus huangnihensis (98907)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0China (Yunnan) Askeptosaurus sp. (196166)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3China (Guizhou) Anshunsaurus huangguoshuensis, Miodentosaurus brevis (97906)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3China (Guizhou) Anshunsaurus huangguoshuensis (85166)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Italy (Lombardia) Endennasaurus acutirostris (36377)