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Cosesaurus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Cosesaurus was named by Ellenberger and Villalta (1974). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Prolacertiformes by Benton (1985); and to Prolacertidae by Sanz and López-Martínez (1984) and Carroll (1988).

Species
C. aviceps

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Cosesaurus Ellenberger and Villalta
1984Cosesaurus Sanz and López-Martínez p. 752
1985Cosesaurus Benton p. 154
1988Cosesaurus Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Prolacertiformes(Camp 1945)
genusCosesaurusEllenberger and Villalta 1974

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.

G. †Cosesaurus Ellenberger and Villalta 1974
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†Cosesaurus aviceps Ellenberger and Villalta 1974
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available