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Oligodontosauridae

Reptilia - Oligodontosauridae

Taxonomy
Oligodontosauridae was named by Estes (1975).

It was assigned to Amphisbaenia by Estes (1975); to Amphisbaenia by Estes (1983); to Annulata by Carroll (1988); and to Amphisbaenia by Longrich et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Oligodontosauridae Estes p. 378 fig. 8
1983Oligodontosauridae Estes
1988Oligodontosauridae Carroll
2015Oligodontosauridae Longrich et al.

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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
Squamata()
infraorderAmphisbaeniaGray 1844
familyOligodontosauridaeEstes 1975
familyOligodontosauridaeEstes 1975

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. †Oligodontosauridae Estes 1975
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G. †Oligodontosaurus Gilmore 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available