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Nyasasaurus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Nyasasaurus was named by Charig (1967). Its type is Nyasasaurus cromptoni. It was considered monophyletic by Nesbitt et al. (2013).

It was assigned to Thecodontosauridae by Charig (1967); to Prosauropoda by Ginsburg (1986); and to Dinosauria by Nesbitt et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Nyasasaurus Charig p. 712
1986Nyasasaurus Ginsburg p. 143
2013Nyasasaurus Nesbitt et al. p. 1 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
genusNyasasaurus

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.

G. †Nyasasaurus Charig 1967
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Nyasasaurus cromptoni Charig 1967
Nyasasaurus parringtoni Nesbitt et al. 2013
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Invalid names: Thecodontosaurus alophos Haughton 1932 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. J. Nesbitt et al. 2013See diagnosis for type and only species, Nyasasaurus parringtoni