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Metoposauroidea (disused)
Taxonomy
Metoposauroidea was named by Watson (1919) [nom. transl. ex Metoposauridae Watson 1919]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Stereospondylida by Kuhn (1971); to Temnospondyli by Carroll (1988), Murry (1989) and Long and Murry (1995); and to Trematosauria by Yates and Warren (2000).
It was assigned to Stereospondylida by Kuhn (1971); to Temnospondyli by Carroll (1988), Murry (1989) and Long and Murry (1995); and to Trematosauria by Yates and Warren (2000).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1919 | Metoposauroidea Watson |
| 1971 | Metoposauroidea Kuhn p. 8 |
| 1988 | Metoposauroidea Carroll |
| 1989 | Metoposauroidea Murry p. 271 |
| 1995 | Metoposauroidea Long and Murry |
| 2000 | Metoposauroidea Yates and Warren pp. 84, 100 fig. 1 |
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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.
Superfm. †Metoposauroidea Watson 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available