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Drepanosauridae
Taxonomy
Drepanosauridae was named by Berman and Reisz (1992). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Diapsida by Carroll (1988); to Lepidosauromorpha by Berman and Reisz (1992); to Simiosauria by Senter (2004); to Archosauromorpha by Renesto and Dalla Vecchia (2005), Dalla Vecchia (2006); to Elyurosauria by Renesto et al. (2010); to Archosauromorpha by Alifanov and Kurochkin (2011); and to Drepanosauromorpha by Pritchard and Nesbitt (2017).
It was assigned to Diapsida by Carroll (1988); to Lepidosauromorpha by Berman and Reisz (1992); to Simiosauria by Senter (2004); to Archosauromorpha by Renesto and Dalla Vecchia (2005), Dalla Vecchia (2006); to Elyurosauria by Renesto et al. (2010); to Archosauromorpha by Alifanov and Kurochkin (2011); and to Drepanosauromorpha by Pritchard and Nesbitt (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1988 | Drepanosauridae Carroll |
| 1992 | Drepanosauridae Berman and Reisz |
| 2004 | Drepanosauridae Senter p. 260 |
| 2005 | Drepanosauridae Renesto and Dalla Vecchia |
| 2006 | Drepanosauridae Dalla Vecchia |
| 2010 | Drepanosauridae Renesto et al. p. 59 |
| 2011 | Drepanosauridae Alifanov and Kurochkin |
| 2017 | Drepanosauridae Pritchard and Nesbitt |
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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.
Fm. †Drepanosauridae Berman and Reisz 1992
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G. †Kyrgyzsaurus Alifanov and Kurochkin 2011
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†Kyrgyzsaurus bukhanchenkoi Alifanov and Kurochkin 2011
Unr. †Megalancosaurinae Renesto et al. 2010
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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
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Collections (19 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ladinian - Carnian | Kyrgyzstan (Batken) | Kyrgyzsaurus bukhanchenkoi (115162) | |
| Carnian | United Kingdom (England) | Drepanosauridae indet. (13177) | |
| Late/Upper Triassic - Early/Lower Jurassic | USA (Utah) | Drepanosauridae indet. (183201) | |
| Norian | USA (New Mexico) | Dolabrosaurus aquatilis (75671) Drepanosauridae indet., Unguinychus onyx (235534) Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus (74202) | |
| Norian | USA (Texas) | Drepanosauridae indet. (13273 218126 218144) | |
| Norian | USA (Arizona) | Drepanosauridae indet. (39160 218118) Skybalonyx skapter (215309) | |
| Alaunian | Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) | Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus (83370) | |
| Alaunian | Italy (Lombardia) | Megalancosaurus preonensis, Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus, Megalancosaurus endennae (36377) | |
| Alaunian - Sevatian | Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) | Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus (83780) Megalancosaurus preonensis (83472 83574) | |
| Sevatian | Italy (Lombardia) | Drepanosaurus sp. (94665) | |
| Rhaetian | USA (New Mexico) | Drepanosauridae indet., Avicranium renestoi, Drepanosauridae indet. (48422) |