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Sauripteris
Taxonomy
Sauripterus was named by Hall (1843). It is not extant. Its type is Sauripterus taylori.
It was corrected as Sauripteris by Johanson and Ahlberg (2001).
It was assigned to Rhizodontida by Hall (1843); to Megalichthyidae by Hay (1902); to Rhizodontidae by Woodward (1891) and Johanson and Ahlberg (2001); and to Sauripteridae by Davis et al. (2004).
It was corrected as Sauripteris by Johanson and Ahlberg (2001).
It was assigned to Rhizodontida by Hall (1843); to Megalichthyidae by Hay (1902); to Rhizodontidae by Woodward (1891) and Johanson and Ahlberg (2001); and to Sauripteridae by Davis et al. (2004).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1843 | Sauripterus Hall pp. 281-282 |
| 1891 | Sauripterus Woodward p. 364 |
| 1902 | Sauripterus Hay p. 361 |
| 2001 | Sauripteris Johanson and Ahlberg |
| 2004 | Sauripterus Davis et al. |
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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. †Sauripteris Hall 1843
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†Sauripterus anglicus Woodward 1891
†Sauripterus favosus Agassiz 1844
†Sauripterus taylori Hall 1843
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available