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Dorsetisauridae

Osteichthyes - Dorsetisauridae

Taxonomy
Dorsetisauridae was named by Hoffstetter (1967). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Varanoidea by Seiffert (1975); to Anguioidea by Estes (1983); to Anguoidea by Carroll (1988); to Anguimorpha by Alifanov (1993); and to Anguimorpha by Alifanov (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Dorsetisauridae Hoffstetter
1975Dorsetisauridae Seiffert p. 10
1983Dorsetisauridae Estes
1988Dorsetisauridae Carroll
1993Dorsetisauridae Alifanov p. 9
2000Dorsetisauridae Alifanov p. 382

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
superfamilyAnguioideaFitzinger 1826
familyDorsetisauridaeHoffstetter 1967
familyDorsetisauridaeHoffstetter 1967

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. †Dorsetisauridae Hoffstetter 1967
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Subfm. †Changetisaurinae Federov and Nessov 1992
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G. †Changetisaurus Federov and Nessov 1992
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†Changetisaurus estesi Federov and Nessov 1992
G. †Dorsetisaurus Hoffstetter 1967
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†Dorsetisaurus hebetidens Hoffstetter 1967
†Dorsetisaurus purbeckensis Hoffstetter 1967
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Invalid names: Introrsisaurus pollicidens Seiffert 1975 [synonym]
Invalid names: Introrsisaurus Seiffert 1975 [synonym]
G. †Paradorsetisaurus Alifanov 2019
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†Paradorsetisaurus postumus Alifanov 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 168.20000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Kyrgyzstan (Jalal-Abad) Changetisaurus estesi (58187)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) Introrsisaurus pollicidens (24563)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Colorado) Dorsetisaurus sp. (231533)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) Dorsetisaurus sp. (12816 39431)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06USA (Colorado) Dorsetisaurus sp. (71476)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (Colorado) Dorsetisaurus sp. (53040)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (Utah) Lacertilia indet. (57913)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) Dorsetisaurus sp. (39426)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian143.1 - 139.1United Kingdom (England) Dorsetisaurus sp. (28401 28995)
Middle Berriasian141.0 - 139.1United Kingdom (England) Dorsetisaurus purbeckensis, Dorsetisaurus hebetidens (72142) Dorsetisaurus sp. (52312)
Valanginian - Barremian137.05 - 121.4Mongolia (Ovorhangai) Dorsetisauridae indet. (55238)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77United Kingdom (England) Dorsetisaurus sp. (62637)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Dorsetisaurus sp., Paradorsetisaurus postumus (77191)