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Elginioidea (disused)

Reptilia - Pareiasaurida

Taxonomy
Elginioidea was named by Cope (1896) [nom. transl. ex Elginiidae Cope 1895].

It was assigned to Nycteroleterina by Ivakhnenko (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Elginioidea Cope p. 440
2008Elginioidea Ivakhnenko pp. 63, 74

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
superorderCheloniamorphaIvakhnenko 1997
orderPareiasauridaIvakhnenko 1997
suborderNycteroleterinaIvakhnenko 1997
superfamilyElginioidea
superfamilyElginioidea

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.

Superfm. †Elginioidea Cope 1896
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available