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Molgophidae
Taxonomy
Molgophidae was named by Cope (1875). Its type is Molgophis.
It was assigned to Microsauria by Cope (1875) and Hay (1902); to Aistopoda by Kuhn (1946); to Microsauria by Brough and Brough (1967); and to Recumbirostra by Mann et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Microsauria by Cope (1875) and Hay (1902); to Aistopoda by Kuhn (1946); to Microsauria by Brough and Brough (1967); and to Recumbirostra by Mann et al. (2019).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1875 | Molgophidae Cope p. 11 |
| 1875 | Cocytinidae Cope p. 12 |
| 1902 | Molgophidae Hay p. 411 |
| 1946 | Molgophidae Kuhn p. 53 |
| 1967 | Molgophidae Brough and Brough pp. 113-127 |
| 1991 | Cocytinidae Wellstead |
| 1998 | Cocytinidae Carroll et al. p. xii |
| 2019 | Molgophidae Mann et al. |
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Fm. †Molgophidae Cope 1875
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G. †Molgophis Cope 1868
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Invalid names: Cocytinidae Cope 1875 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available