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Sclerosauridae

Reptilia - Sclerosauridae

Taxonomy
Sclerosauridae was named by Nopsca (1923). Its type is Sclerosaurus.

It was reranked as the subfamily Sclerosaurinae by Nopcsa (1928).

It was assigned to Procolophonidae by Nopcsa (1928); to Pareiasauria by Kuhn (1966); to Procolophonomorpha by Kuhn (1971); and to Procolophonoidea by Carroll (1988).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Sclerosauridae Nopsca
1928Sclerosaurinae Nopcsa p. 164
1966Sclerosauridae Kuhn p. 18
1971Sclerosauridae Kuhn p. 9
1988Sclerosauridae Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
Procolophonomorpha()
familySclerosauridaeNopsca 1923
familySclerosauridaeNopsca 1923

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.

Fm. †Sclerosauridae Nopsca 1923
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G. †Basileosaurus Wiedersheim 1879
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Basileosaurus freyi Wiedersheim 1879
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Aegean to the top of the Bithynian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean - Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Switzerland (Basel-Stadt) Basileosaurus freyi (85940)