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Parapsida (disused)

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Parapsida was named by Williston (1917).

It was reranked as the superorder Parapsida by Nopcsa (1928); it was reranked as the infraclass Parapsida by Olson (1947).

It was assigned to Monozygocrotapha by Nopcsa (1928); to Reptilia by Williston (1917) and Roxo (1937); and to Eureptilia by Olson (1947).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Parapsida Williston p. 416
1928Parapsida Nopcsa p. 173
1937Parapsida Roxo p. 43
1947Parapsida Olson pp. 44, 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
infraclassParapsida()
infraclassParapsida()

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.

Infracl. †Parapsida Williston 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available