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Thalattosauridae

Reptilia - Thalattosauria - Thalattosauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Thalattosauridae Merriam
1905Thalattosauridae Merriam p. 6
1923Thalattosauridae Nopcsa
1930Thalattosauridae Hay p. 241
1946Thalattosauridae Kuhn p. 60
1966Thalattosauridae Kuhn p. 39
1975Thalattosauridae Seiffert p. 9
1985Thalattosauridae Benton p. 154
1993Thalattosauridae Nicholls and Brinkman p. 264 figs. 2-4
1999Thalattosauridae Nicholls p. 27
2013Thalattosauridae Zhao et al. p. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Thalattosauriformes
orderThalattosauria
superfamilyThalattosauroideaNopcsa 1928
familyThalattosauridaeMerriam 1904
familyThalattosauridaeMerriam 1904

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. †Thalattosauridae Merriam 1904
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G. †Concavispina Zhao et al. 2013
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Concavispina biseridens Zhao et al. 2013
Invalid names: Thalattosaurida Nicholls 1999 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. L. Nicholls and D. Brinkman 1993Supratemporal fenestra absent or reduced to a small slit: lateral temporal fenestra open ventrally with loss of palatal dentition on vomer and pterygoid; tooth implantation ankylothecodont.
E. L. Nicholls 1999It is diagnosed by the following unequivocal synapomorphies—[27] increased development of vomerine dentition; [31] ankylothecodont tooth implantation; [32] button-like, durophagous teeth on maxilla and dentary.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:24
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:24
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0China (Guizhou) Concavispina biseridens (97906)