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Drepanosauridae

Reptilia - Drepanosauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Drepanosauridae Carroll
1992Drepanosauridae Berman and Reisz
2004Drepanosauridae Senter p. 260
2005Drepanosauridae Renesto and Dalla Vecchia
2006Drepanosauridae Dalla Vecchia
2010Drepanosauridae Renesto et al. p. 59
2011Drepanosauridae Alifanov and Kurochkin
2017Drepanosauridae Pritchard and Nesbitt

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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()
Drepanosauromorpha
familyDrepanosauridae
familyDrepanosauridae

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. †Drepanosauridae Berman and Reisz 1992
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G. †Avicranium Pritchard and Nesbitt 2017
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Avicranium renestoi Pritchard and Nesbitt 2017
G. †Dolabrosaurus Berman and Reisz 1992
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Dolabrosaurus aquatilis Berman and Reisz 1992
G. †Kyrgyzsaurus Alifanov and Kurochkin 2011
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Kyrgyzsaurus bukhanchenkoi Alifanov and Kurochkin 2011
Unr. †Megalancosaurinae Renesto et al. 2010
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G. †Drepanosaurus Pinna 1980
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G. †Megalancosaurus Calzavara et al. 1981
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Megalancosaurus endennae Renesto et al. 2010
Megalancosaurus preonensis Calzavara et al. 1981
G. †Skybalonyx Jenkins et al. 2021
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Skybalonyx skapter Jenkins et al. 2021
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Sevatian or 237.00000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0Kyrgyzstan (Batken) Kyrgyzsaurus bukhanchenkoi (115162)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0United Kingdom (England) Drepanosauridae indet. (13177)
Late/Upper Triassic - Early/Lower Jurassic237.0 - 174.1USA (Utah) Drepanosauridae indet. (183201)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Drepanosauridae indet. (13273 218126 218144)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Arizona) Drepanosauridae indet. (39160) Skybalonyx skapter (215309)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (New Mexico) Dolabrosaurus aquatilis (75671) Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus (74202)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Italy (Lombardia) Megalancosaurus preonensis, Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus, Megalancosaurus endennae (36377)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus (83370)
Alaunian - Sevatian215.56 - 205.6Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus (83780) Megalancosaurus preonensis (83472 83574)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Italy (Lombardia) Drepanosaurus sp. (94665)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3USA (New Mexico) Drepanosauridae indet., Avicranium renestoi, Drepanosauridae indet. (48422)