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Simosauria (disused)

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Simosauria was named by Gervais (1845).

It was reranked as the superfamily Simosauria by Rieppel (2000).

It was assigned to Sauropterygia by Osborn (1904); and to Nothosauroidea by Rieppel (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Simosauria Gervais
1904Simosauria Osborn p. 100
2000Simosauria Rieppel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
suborderSimosauriaGervais 1845
suborderSimosauriaGervais 1845

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.

Subor. †Simosauria Gervais 1845
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Diagnosis
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