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Paramacellodidae
Taxonomy
Paramacellodidae was named by Estes (1983). Its type is Paramacellodus.
It was assigned to Cordyloidea by Estes (1983); to Leptoglossa by Carroll (1988); to Scincomorpha by Alifanov (1993), Evans and Chure (1998) and Alifanov (2000); to Scincomorpha by Averianov et al. (2005); to Squamata by Bolet and Evans (2010); and to Scincoidea by Nydam (2002), Pyron et al. (2013) and Reeder et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Cordyloidea by Estes (1983); to Leptoglossa by Carroll (1988); to Scincomorpha by Alifanov (1993), Evans and Chure (1998) and Alifanov (2000); to Scincomorpha by Averianov et al. (2005); to Squamata by Bolet and Evans (2010); and to Scincoidea by Nydam (2002), Pyron et al. (2013) and Reeder et al. (2015).
Subtaxa
Atokasaurus, Becklesius, Hypostylos, Ilekia, Mimobecklesisaurus, Naimanosaurus, Neokotus, Paramacellodus (type genus), Saurillodon, Saurillus, Sciroseps, Sharovisaurus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1983 | Paramacellodidae Estes |
| 1988 | Paramacellodidae Carroll |
| 1993 | Paramacellodidae Alifanov p. 9 |
| 1998 | Paramacellodidae Evans and Chure |
| 2000 | Paramacellodidae Alifanov p. 378 |
| 2002 | Paramacellodidae Nydam p. 646 |
| 2005 | Paramacellodidae Averianov et al. |
| 2010 | Paramacellodidae Bolet and Evans |
| 2013 | Paramacellodidae Pyron et al. |
| 2015 | Paramacellodidae Reeder et al. |
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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. †Paramacellodidae Estes 1983
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G. †Becklesius Estes 1983
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†Becklesius cataphractus Richter 1994
†Becklesius hoffstetteri Seiffert 1975
†Becklesius nopcsai Folie and Codrea 2005
G. †Neokotus Souza Bittencourt et al. 2020
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†Neokotus sanfranciscanus Souza Bittencourt et al. 2020
G. †Paramacellodus Hoffstetter 1967
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†Paramacellodus keebleri Nydam and Cifelli 2002
†Paramacellodus marocensis Richter 1994
†Paramacellodus oweni Hoffstetter 1967
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Invalid names: Becklesisaurus scincoides Hoffstetter 1967 [synonym]
†Paramacellodus sinuosus Richter 1994
G. †Saurillodon Estes 1983
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†Saurillodon marmorensis Evans 1998
†Saurillodon proraformis Estes 1983
G. †Saurillus Owen 1855
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†Saurillus henkeli Seiffert 1975
†Saurillus obtusus Owen 1855
†Saurillus robustidens Hoffstetter 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available