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Phosphatosaurinae
Taxonomy
Phosphatosaurinae was named by Buffetaut (1979).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Phosphatosaurinae by Jouve et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Dyrosauridae by Hill et al. (2008); and to Dyrosauridae by Jouve et al. (2021).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Phosphatosaurinae by Jouve et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Dyrosauridae by Hill et al. (2008); and to Dyrosauridae by Jouve et al. (2021).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1979 | Phosphatosaurinae Buffetaut |
| 2008 | Phosphatosaurinae Hill et al. |
| 2021 | Phosphatosaurinae Jouve et al. |
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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.
Unr. †Phosphatosaurinae Buffetaut 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Ypresian or 72.20000 to 48.07000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Egypt (Aswan) | Goniopholididae indet. (60599) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Nigeria (Sokoto) | Sokotosuchus ianwilsoni (82229) | |
| Paleocene | Saudi Arabia (Makkah) | Phosphatosaurus sp. (140975) | |
| Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene | Niger | Phosphatosaurus sp. (114998) | |
| Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene | Mali | Phosphatosaurinae indet. (114964) Phosphatosaurus sp. (114143) | |
| Ypresian | Tunisia | Phosphatosaurus gavialoides (106501) | |
| Ypresian | Mali (Gao) | Phosphatosaurus gavialoides (175262) |