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Utatsusauridae

Reptilia - Utatsusauridae

Taxonomy
Utatsusauridae was named by McGowan and Motani (2003). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ichthyopterygia by Carroll (1988); to Ichthyopterygia by McGowan and Motani (2003); and to Ichthyosauria by Maisch (2010).

Subtaxa
Utatsusaurus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Utatsusauridae Carroll
2003Utatsusauridae McGowan and Motani
2010Utatsusauridae Maisch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Ichthyosauromorpha
—Ichthyosauriformes
—Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
—Eoichthyosauria
—Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
familyUtatsusauridae
familyUtatsusauridae

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. †Utatsusauridae McGowan and Motani 2003
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G. †Utatsusaurus Shikama and Kamei 1978
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†Utatsusaurus hataii Shikama and Kamei 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available