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Melanosaurini

Reptilia - Anguidae

Taxonomy
Melanosaurini was named by Sullivan (1979). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Glyptosaurinae by Sullivan (1979), Estes (1983) and Sullivan (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Melanosaurini Sullivan
1983Melanosaurini Estes
1991Melanosaurini Sullivan p. 297

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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
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
superfamilyAnguioideaFitzinger 1826
familyAnguidaeGray 1825
subfamilyGlyptosaurinaeMarsh 1872
tribeMelanosauriniSullivan 1979
tribeMelanosauriniSullivan 1979

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.

Tr. †Melanosaurini Sullivan 1979
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G. †Paraxestops Hoffstetter 1962
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†Paraxestops stehlini Hoffstetter 1962
G. †Placosauriops Kuhn 1940
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Invalid names: Placosauroides abderhaldeni Meszoely et al. 1978 [synonym]
Invalid names: Placosauroides Kuhn 1940 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available