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Otischalkia

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Otischalkia was named by Hunt and Lucas (1991). Its type is Otischalkia elderae.

It was assigned to Rhynchosauridae by Hunt and Lucas (1991); and to Hyperodapedontinae by Long and Murry (1995).

Species
O. elderae (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Otischalkia Hunt and Lucas
1995Otischalkia Long and Murry

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—Rhynchosauria()
—Rhynchosauridae()
—Hyperodapedontinae(Chatterjee 1969)
genusOtischalkia

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. †Otischalkia Hunt and Lucas 1991
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†Otischalkia elderae Hunt and Lucas 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available