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Lazarussuchus

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Lazarussuchus Hecht p. 117
2005Lazarussuchus Evans and Klembara
2008Lazarussuchus Böhme p. 168
2010Lazarussuchus Matsumoto and Evans
2013Lazarussuchus Matsumoto et al.
2019Lazarussuchus Matsumoto et al.

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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()
Eosuchia()
Neodiapsida
SauriaGauthier 1984
Choristodera()
genusLazarussuchus

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. †Lazarussuchus Hecht 1992
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Lazarussuchus dvoraki Evans and Klembara 2005
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. K. Hecht 1992A choristoderan distinguished from other members of this group by the presence of the following complex of autapomorphes : a, elongated paired dorsal nares set high on snout ; b, nares separated at midline by reduced nasals and premaxilla ; c, broad squamosal-postorbital bar ; d, premaxilla spine lengthened posteriorly; e, tooth rows on the pterygoid and palatine consist of isolated large teeth ; f, osteodermal ossifications around border of supratemporal fenestra and on temporal arch ; g, complex rugose ornamentation on most skull bones ; h, cervical ribs broad, flattened and expanded with large capitulum in relation to tuberculum; i, postzygapophoseal tubercle on cervicals ; j, weak accessory vertebral articulation below postzygapophysis; k, no trunk intercentra ; I, ectepicondylar groove bridged to form foramen ; m, unguals narrow and not flattened.