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Sauria
Taxonomy
Sauria was named by MacCartney (1802). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subclass Sauria by Owen (1859) and Gadow (1898); it was corrected as Sauri by Quenstedt (1882); it was synonymized subjectively with Lacertilia by Seiffert (1975); it was reranked as the suborder Sauria by Hay (1902), Gilmore (1928), Estes (1964), Antunes (1964), Kuhn (1966), Sulimski (1972), Benton (1985), Barbera and Macuglia (1991) and Muller (2003).
It was assigned to Amphibia by Quenstedt (1882); to Saurophidia by Perrier (1928); to Lepidosauria by Haubold (1974); to Squamata by Hay (1902), Gilmore (1928), Antunes (1964), Kuhn (1966), Sulimski (1972), Benton (1985) and Barbera and Macuglia (1991); to Reptilia by d'Orbigny (1849), Mantell (1854), Owen (1859), Gadow (1898), Estes (1964), Sahni and Srivastava (1976) and Clos (1995); to Squamata by Hay (1930), Welles and Gregg (1971), Wiffen (1980), Estes (1983), Sullivan (1986), Lingham-Soliar (1994) and Lingham-Soliar (1995); and to Neodiapsida by Muller (2003).
It was reranked as the subclass Sauria by Owen (1859) and Gadow (1898); it was corrected as Sauri by Quenstedt (1882); it was synonymized subjectively with Lacertilia by Seiffert (1975); it was reranked as the suborder Sauria by Hay (1902), Gilmore (1928), Estes (1964), Antunes (1964), Kuhn (1966), Sulimski (1972), Benton (1985), Barbera and Macuglia (1991) and Muller (2003).
It was assigned to Amphibia by Quenstedt (1882); to Saurophidia by Perrier (1928); to Lepidosauria by Haubold (1974); to Squamata by Hay (1902), Gilmore (1928), Antunes (1964), Kuhn (1966), Sulimski (1972), Benton (1985) and Barbera and Macuglia (1991); to Reptilia by d'Orbigny (1849), Mantell (1854), Owen (1859), Gadow (1898), Estes (1964), Sahni and Srivastava (1976) and Clos (1995); to Squamata by Hay (1930), Welles and Gregg (1971), Wiffen (1980), Estes (1983), Sullivan (1986), Lingham-Soliar (1994) and Lingham-Soliar (1995); and to Neodiapsida by Muller (2003).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1800 | Saurii Latreille |
| 1802 | Sauria MacCartney |
| 1849 | Sauria d'Orbigny p. 204 |
| 1854 | Sauria Mantell p. 646 |
| 1859 | Sauria Owen p. 140 |
| 1882 | Sauri Quenstedt p. 155 |
| 1898 | Sauria Gadow p. 24 |
| 1902 | Sauria Hay p. 473 |
| 1928 | Ascalabota Gilmore |
| 1928 | Sauria Gilmore p. 14 |
| 1928 | Sauria Perrier p. 3118 |
| 1930 | Sauria Hay p. 242 |
| 1942 | Ascalabota Gilmore p. 264 |
| 1964 | Sauria Antunes p. 137 |
| 1964 | Sauria Estes p. 101 |
| 1966 | Sauria Kuhn p. 45 |
| 1971 | Sauria Welles and Gregg p. 49 |
| 1972 | Sauria Sulimski p. 34 |
| 1974 | Sauria Haubold p. 38 |
| 1976 | Sauria Sahni and Srivastava p. 925 |
| 1980 | Sauria Wiffen p. 508 |
| 1983 | Sauria Estes |
| 1985 | Sauria Benton p. 157 |
| 1986 | Sauria Sullivan p. 109 |
| 1991 | Sauria Barbera and Macuglia p. 421 |
| 1994 | Sauria Lingham-Soliar p. 269 |
| 1995 | Sauria Clos p. 254 |
| 1995 | Sauria Lingham-Soliar |
| 2003 | Sauria Muller |
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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.
Subor. Sauria MacCartney 1802
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Or. Autosauri Haeckel
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Invalid names: Chamaeleontes Wiegmann [empty], Geckones Spix 1825 [empty]
Infraor. †Eolacertilia Robinson 1967
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Invalid names: Fulengidae Carroll and Galton 1977 [empty], Naocephalus Cope 1872 [nomen dubium], Naocephalus porrectus Cope 1872 [nomen dubium]
Subor. Iguaniformes Hay 1930
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Invalid names: Chamaeleonoidae Hay 1930 [empty], Iguanoidae Hay 1930 [empty]
Invalid names: Ascalabota Gilmore 1928 [invalid subgroup], Geckonidi Perrier 1928 [empty], Labyrinthodontidae d'Orbigny 1849 [empty], Lacertidi Perrier 1928 [empty], Mosasauriformes Hay 1930 [empty], Saurii Latreille 1800 [synonym], Vermilinguii Perrier 1928 [empty]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. Perrier 1928 | Humérus et fémurs mobiles surtout dans un plan horizontal, l'animal demeurant élevé à la hauteur de l'avant-bras et de la jambe. Les deux moitiés de la mandibule unies par une symphyse; os carré mobile; cloaque-s'ouvrant par une fente transversale, de chaque côté de laquelle, existe, chez le mâle, un organe copulateur rétractile. Membres parfois rudimentaires ou même nuls. |
Measurements
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 182.70000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 174.1 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 174.1 Ma
Collections (45 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pliensbachian - Toarcian | USA (Utah) | Lacertipus sp. (195166) | |
| Toarcian - Aalenian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Protolacerta patagonica (29393) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | Eobatrachus agilis (12816) | |
| Tithonian | United Kingdom (England) | Sauria indet. (92716 93105) | |
| Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Sauria indet. (52674 77058) | |
| Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian | United Kingdom (England) | Sauria indet. (187192) | |
| Middle Campanian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Sauria indet. (59269) | |
| Maastrichtian | India (Maharashtra) | Sauria indet. (26370) | |
| Maastrichtian | Portugal (Coimbra) | Sauria indet. (49276) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Sauria indet. (55387) | |
| Lancian | USA (Colorado) | Sauria indet. (14640) | |
| Lancian | USA (Wyoming) | Sauria indet. (14505 14524 14577 14596 14643) | |
| Lancian | USA (Montana) | Sauria indet. (14507 14525 14533 14534 14535 14536 14546 14582 14639 14653 14654) | |
| Lancian | USA (North Dakota) | Sauria indet. (14620 14621) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Sauria indet. (45675) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Wyoming) | Lacertilia indet. (53824) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Naocephalus porrectus (130809) | |
| Burdigalian | Saudi Arabia | Sauria indet. (47074 47095) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Sauria indet. (18208) | |
| Pliocene | Spain (Albacete) | Sauria indet. (40564) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | Sauria indet. (51478) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy (Tuscany) | Sauria indet. (51778) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | Sauria indet. (51483 51505) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Sauria indet. (225801) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | Sauria indet. (51552 51553) |