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Meridiosaurus
Taxonomy
Meridiosaurus was named by Mones (1980). Its type is Meridiosaurus vallisparadisi.
It was assigned to Pholidosauridae by Mones (1980), Carroll (1988) and Fortier et al. (2011); to Tethysuchoidea by Souza et al. (2019); and to Pholidosauridae by Jouve and Jalil (2020).
It was assigned to Pholidosauridae by Mones (1980), Carroll (1988) and Fortier et al. (2011); to Tethysuchoidea by Souza et al. (2019); and to Pholidosauridae by Jouve and Jalil (2020).
Species
M. vallisparadisi (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1980 | Meridiosaurus Mones pp. 265-266 |
| 1988 | Meridiosaurus Carroll |
| 2011 | Meridiosaurus Fortier et al. |
| 2019 | Meridiosaurus Souza et al. |
| 2020 | Meridiosaurus Jouve and Jalil |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available