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Necrosauridae

Reptilia - Necrosauridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Necrosauridae Hoffstetter
1964Parasaniwidae Estes p. 128
1966Parasaniwidae Kuhn p. 57
1966Necrosauridae Kuhn p. 58
1970Parasaniwidae Estes and Berberian p. 5
1975Necrosauridae Seiffert p. 10
1975Parasaniwidae Seiffert p. 10
1983Necrosauridae Estes
1984Necrosauridae Borsuk-Bialynicka p. 35
1986Parasaniwidae Yadagiri p. 92
1988Necrosauridae Carroll
1988Necrosauridae Nessov p. 478
1993Necrosauridae Alifanov p. 9
1996Necrosauridae Gao and Fox p. 74
1996Necrosauridae Gao and Hou p. 590
2000Necrosauridae Alifanov p. 381
2001Necrosauridae Peng et al. p. 29

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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)
familyNecrosauridaeHoffstetter 1943
familyNecrosauridaeHoffstetter 1943

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. †Necrosauridae Hoffstetter 1943
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G. †Labrodioctes Gao and Fox 1996
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†Labrodioctes montanensis Gao and Fox 1996
Subfm. †Necrosaurinae Hoffstetter 1943
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G. †Melanosauroides Kuhn 1940
G. †Necrosaurus Filhol 1876
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†Necrosaurus cayluxi Filhol 1873
Invalid names: Necrosaurus filholi De Stefano 1903 [nomen dubium]
G. †Proplatynotia Borsuk-Bialynicka 1984
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†Proplatynotia longirostrata Borsuk-Bialynicka 1984
G. †Provaranosaurus Gilmore 1942
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†Provaranosaurus acutus Gilmore 1942
†Provaranosaurus fatuus Smith and Gauthier 2013
Invalid names: Melanosaurinae Gilmore 1928 [empty], Parasaniwidae Estes 1964 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Created: 2005-09-23 14:19:46
Modified: 2005-09-23 16:19:46
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Augé 2003

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the MP 21 or 93.50000 to 28.40000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.3 Ma

Collections (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Uzbekistan (Navoi) Ekshmer bissektensis (58179)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Canada (Alberta) Necrosauridae indet. (14425)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Necrosauridae indet. (14489)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6China (Nei Mongol) Necrosauridae indet. (116292)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov) Proplatynotia longirostrata (13776)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Labrodioctes montanensis (14434)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Provaranosaurus sp. (14874)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Provaranosaurus sp. (14886)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (North Dakota) Provaranosaurus sp. (15000)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Provaranosaurus acutus (15049)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0France (Champagne-Ardenne) Necrosaurus sp. (87925)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Mongolia (Omnogov) Tsagansaurus nemegetensis (199607)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain (Lleida) Necrosauridae indet. (142031)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Necrosauridae indet. (182667)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Aude) Necrosauridae indet. (182641)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Marne) Necrosaurus sp. (35535 35540)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Brabant) Necrosaurus sp. (35531)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Necrosaurus indet. (68174)
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Necrosaurus sp. (15917)
Lysitean - Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Provaranosaurus fatuus (15451)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (New Mexico) Provaranosaurus sp. (15453)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Provaranosaurus fatuus (181313) Provaranosaurus sp. (15534) Provaranosaurus sp. CG (15458)
MP 8 + 955.8 - 48.6France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) Necrosaurus sp. (179145)
MP 8 + 955.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) Necrosaurus sp. (84997)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Rhone) Necrosaurus sp. (151252)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Gard) Necrosauridae indet., Necrosaurus sp. (59129)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Necrosaurus eucarinatus (45801) Necrosaurus giganteus (13322 45002 45735)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) Melanosaurinae indet. (167831)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Picardie Region) Necrosaurus sp. (12847)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Necrosaurus sp. (31736)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) Necrosaurus sp. (177581)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Necrosaurus cayluxi (12840)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Switzerland Necrosaurus sp. (31743)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Necrosaurus cayluxi (12843 12852 31740 31745 31766) Necrosaurus cayluxi, Necrosaurus eucarinatus (12841 12842) Necrosaurus sp., Necrosaurus cayluxi (12849 31764 31765) Necrosaurus sp., Necrosaurus cayluxi, Necrosaurus eucarinatus (12854)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) Necrosaurus cayluxi (12848) Necrosaurus cayluxi, Necrosaurus eucarinatus (12853)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Occitanie) Necrosaurus sp. (183976)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Quercy) Necrosaurus cayluxi (12850)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Necrosaurus sp. (39236)
MP 1837.2 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Necrosaurus cayluxi (12851)
MP 1837.2 - 33.9France Necrosaurus cayluxi (179268)
MP 1937.2 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Necrosaurus cayluxi, Necrosaurus eucarinatus (12846)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene37.2 - 15.97France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Necrosaurus cayluxi, Necrosaurus eucarinatus (179194)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Belgium Necrosaurus sp. (31748)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Necrosaurus sp. (31583)
MP 2133.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Necrosaurus sp. (36708)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Necrosaurus sp. (179140 179141 179142)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France (Midi-Pyrenées) Necrosaurus sp. (167537)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Necrosaurus sp. (36711 179147)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France Necrosaurus sp. (183381)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium (Brabant) Necrosaurus sp. (75867)