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Tangasauridae

Reptilia - Tangasauridae

Taxonomy
Tangasauridae was named by Haughton (1924). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Prolacertoidea by Kuhn (1966); to Younginoidea by Currie (1982) and Benton (1985); and to Eosuchia by Harris and Carroll (1977) and Carroll (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Tangasauridae Haughton
1966Tangasauridae Kuhn p. 42
1977Tangasauridae Harris and Carroll p. 141
1982Tangasauridae Currie
1985Tangasauridae Benton p. 157
1988Tangasauridae Carroll

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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()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—Younginiformes(Romer 1933)
superfamilyYounginoideaCurrie 1982
familyTangasauridaeHaughton 1924
familyTangasauridaeHaughton 1924

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. †Tangasauridae Haughton 1924
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Subfm. †Kenyasaurinae Currie 1982
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G. †Kenyasaurus Harris and Carroll 1977
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†Kenyasaurus mariakaniensis Harris and Carroll 1977
Subfm. †Tangasaurinae Piveteau 1926
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G. †Hovasaurus Piveteau 1926
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†Hovasaurus boulei Piveteau 1926
G. †Tangasaurus Haughton 1924
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†Tangasaurus mennelli Haughton 1924
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 Changhsingian to the top of the Olenekian or 254.17000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17Madagascar (Tulear) Hovasaurus boulei (85494)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Tanzania Tangasaurus mennelli (171354)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2Kenya (Coast) Kenyasaurus mariakaniensis (87220)
Induan - Smithian252.17 - 247.2Madagascar (Diana) Tangasauridae indet., Tangasaurinae indet., Hovasaurus boulei (92493)