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Dolichosauridae

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Dolichosauridae Gervais
1853Dolichosauridae Gervais p. 471
1890Dolichosauridae Zittel p. 606
1946Dolichosauridae Kuhn p. 61
1954Dolichosauridae Huene p. 62
1954Dolichosauridae McDowell and Bogert p. 132
1966Dolichosauridae Kuhn p. 59
1975Dolichosauridae Seiffert p. 10
1988Dolichosauridae Carroll
1997Dolichosauridae Dal Sasso and Pinna pp. 4-20
2000Dolichosauridae Lee and Caldwell
2010Dolichosauridae Palci and Caldwell
2018Dolichosauridae Paparella et al.
2021Dolichosauridae Caldwell et al. p. 896

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
Pythonomorpha()
Dolichosauridae(Gervais 1852)
Dolichosauridae(Gervais 1852)

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.

Unr. †Dolichosauridae Gervais 1852
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G. †Acteosaurus von Meyer 1860
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Acteosaurus tommasinii Meyer 1860
G. †Adriosaurus Seeley 1881
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Adriosaurus microbrachis Palci and Caldwell 2007
Adriosaurus skrbinensis Caldwell and Palci 2010
Adriosaurus suessi Seeley 1881
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Invalid names: Acteosaurus crassicostatus Calligaris 1993 [synonym]
G. †Aphanizocnemus Dal Sasso and Pinna 1997
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Aphanizocnemus libanensis Dal Sasso and Pinna 1997
G. †Coniasaurus Owen 1850
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Coniasaurus gracilodens Caldwell 1999
G. †Dolichosaurus Owen 1850
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G. †Pachyophis Nopcsa 1923
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Pachyophis woodwardi Nopcsa 1923
G. †Pontosaurus Kramberger 1892
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Pontosaurus kornhuberi Caldwell 2006
Pontosaurus lesinensis Kornhuber 1873
G. †Primitivus Paparella et al. 2018
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Primitivus manduriensis Paparella et al. 2018
G. †Tetrapodophis Martill et al. 2015
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Tetrapodophis amplectus Martill et al. 2015
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. B. McDowell and C. M. Bogert 1954Temporal arch?; frontals separate; palate without teeth; pineal foramen present; vertebral central articulations oblique; no hyperphalangy; sacrum of two vertebrae; pelvis with pubis reduced; interclavicle reduced; cervical vertebrae 13 or more; quadrate not massive; muzzle short and blunt.