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Hyphalosauridae (disused)
Taxonomy
Hyphalosauridae was named by Gao and Fox (2005). It was considered monophyletic by Gao and Ksepka (2008).
It was assigned to Choristodera by Gao and Fox (2005), Gao and Li (2007), Gao and Ksepka (2008), Matsumoto et al. (2009), Hou et al. (2010) and Matsumoto and Evans (2010).
It was assigned to Choristodera by Gao and Fox (2005), Gao and Li (2007), Gao and Ksepka (2008), Matsumoto et al. (2009), Hou et al. (2010) and Matsumoto and Evans (2010).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2005 | Hyphalosauridae Gao and Fox p. 438 |
2007 | Hyphalosauridae Gao and Li p. 270 |
2008 | Hyphalosauridae Gao and Ksepka p. 749 |
2009 | Hyphalosauridae Matsumoto et al. p. 235 |
2010 | Hyphalosauridae Hou et al. |
2010 | Hyphalosauridae Matsumoto and Evans |
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Fm. †Hyphalosauridae Gao and Fox 2005
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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K. -Q. Gao and D. T. Ksepka 2008 | Distinct choristoderan family characterized by having proportionally small skull, infratemporal fenestra closed in adult individuals, greatly elongated neck consisting of 16–24 cervical vertebrae, and development of triangular and spike-like neural spine of the caudal vertebrae |