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Palaeovaranidae

Reptilia - Palaeovaranidae

Taxonomy
Palaeovaranidae was named by Georgalis (2017).

It was assigned to Anguimorpha by Smith and Habersetzer (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Palaeovaranidae Georgalis
2021Palaeovaranidae Smith and Habersetzer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
familyPalaeovaranidaeGeorgalis 2017
familyPalaeovaranidaeGeorgalis 2017

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. †Palaeovaranidae Georgalis 2017
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G. †Eosaniwa Haubold 1977
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†Eosaniwa koehni Haubold 1977
G. †Palaeovaranus Zittel 1887
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†Palaeovaranus cayluxi Zittel 1887
†Palaeovaranus lismonimenos Georgalis et al. 2021
G. †Paranecrosaurus Smith and Habersetzer 2021
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†Paranecrosaurus feisti Stritzke 1983
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 56.00000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07France (southwestern France) Palaeovaranidae indet. (230699)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Eosaniwa koehni (45002 45766)
MP 1148.07 - 41.03Germany (Hessen) Saniwa feisti (120798)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene37.71 - 15.98France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Palaeovaranus sp., Palaeovaranus cayluxi, Palaeovaranus lismonimenos (179194)