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Mesosauridae
Taxonomy
Mesosauridae was named by Baur (1889). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Proganosauria by Zittel (1890); to Pelycosauria by Huene (1941); to Mesosauria by Haughton and Brink (1954) and Carroll (1988); to Parareptilia by Gauthier et al. (1988); to Sauropsida by Laurin and Reisz (1995); to Amniota by Rossmann (2000); to Proganosauria by Baur (1889), Gürich (1889), Kuhn (1946) and Sedor and Ferigolo (2001); and to Mesosauria by Karl et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Proganosauria by Zittel (1890); to Pelycosauria by Huene (1941); to Mesosauria by Haughton and Brink (1954) and Carroll (1988); to Parareptilia by Gauthier et al. (1988); to Sauropsida by Laurin and Reisz (1995); to Amniota by Rossmann (2000); to Proganosauria by Baur (1889), Gürich (1889), Kuhn (1946) and Sedor and Ferigolo (2001); and to Mesosauria by Karl et al. (2007).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1889 | Mesosauridae Baur p. 311 |
1889 | Mesosauridae Gürich p. 652 |
1890 | Mesosauridae Zittel p. 598 |
1892 | Mesosaurus pleurogaster Seeley p. 857 figs. 1-4 Pl. XVIII |
1905 | Mesosaurus pleurogaster Broom p. 103 |
1908 | Mesosaurus pleurogaster Broom p. 380 |
1913 | Noteosaurus Broom p. 358 |
1913 | Noteosaurus africanus Broom p. 359 figs. p. 358 |
1914 | Mesosaurus pleurogaster Stromer p. 532 |
1941 | Mesosauridae Huene p. 56 |
1946 | Mesosauridae Kuhn p. 58 |
1954 | Mesosauridae Haughton and Brink p. 3 |
1988 | Mesosauridae Carroll |
1988 | Mesosauridae Gauthier et al. p. 139 fig. 4.4 |
1995 | Mesosauridae Laurin and Reisz pp. 171, 172 fig. 2 |
2000 | Mesosauridae Rossmann p. 15 |
2001 | Mesosauridae Sedor and Ferigolo p. 151 |
2007 | Mesosauridae Karl et al. p. 67 |
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Fm. †Mesosauridae Baur 1889
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G. †Mesosaurus Gervais 1865
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†Mesosaurus tenuidens Gervais 1865
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Invalid names: Ditrochosaurus capensis Gürich 1889 [synonym], Mesosaurus brasiliensis Mac Gregor 1908 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ditrochosaurus Gürich 1889 [synonym]
Invalid names: Mesosaurus pleurogaster Seeley 1892 [nomen dubium], Noteosaurus Broom 1913 [invalid subgroup], Noteosaurus africanus Broom 1913 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Source: f = family, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Rossmann 2002 |
Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma
Collections (38 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Artinskian | Brazil (Ceará) | Stereosternum tumidum (90216) | |
Artinskian | Namibia (Karas) | Mesosaurus sp. (90780) Mesosaurus sp., Mesosaurus tenuidens (90755) | |
Artinskian | Paraguay (Guairá) | Mesosauridae indet., Mesosaurus tumidus (90832) | |
Artinskian | Brazil (São Paulo) | Brazilosaurus sanpauloensis (90214) Mesosauridae indet. (90358) Mesosauridae indet., Brazilosaurus sanpauloensis, Stereosternum tumidum (90429) Mesosauridae indet., Brazilosaurus sanpauloensis, Stereosternum tumidum, Mesosaurus tenuidens (90193) Mesosauridae indet., Stereosternum tumidum (90226) Mesosaurus tenuidens (90339) Stereosternum tumidum (90192 90217) Stereosternum tumidum, Mesosaurus brasiliensis (90215) | |
Artinskian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | Ditrochosaurus capensis (89799) Mesosaurus sp., Mesosaurus pleurogaster (90257) Mesosaurus tenuidens (90303 90311 90312 90345) Noteosaurus africanus (13083) | |
Artinskian | Namibia (Erongo) | Mesosaurus tenuidens (28468 28469 28470 28471) | |
Artinskian | Brazil (Paraná) | Mesosauridae indet., Brazilosaurus sanpauloensis, Stereosternum tumidum (90227) Mesosauridae indet., Mesosaurus tenuidens (90190) Mesosaurus brasiliensis (90341 90573) Mesosaurus tenuidens (90344 90423) Mesosaurus tenuidens, Mesosaurus brasiliensis (90323) | |
Artinskian | Uruguay (Cerro Largo) | Mesosaurus sp., Mesosaurus brasiliensis (90863 90865) | |
Artinskian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Mesosauridae indet. (79927) Stereosternum tumidum, Mesosaurus tenuidens (90191) | |
Artinskian | Brazil (Goiás) | Brazilosaurus sanpauloensis, Stereosternum tumidum (89833) Mesosauridae indet., Brazilosaurus sanpauloensis, Stereosternum tumidum, Mesosaurus tenuidens (89839) | |
Artinskian - Kungurian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Mesosauridae indet. (230311) |