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Aerosaurus
Taxonomy
Aerosaurus was named by Romer (1937).
It was assigned to Varanopseidae by Langston and Reisz (1981), Reisz (1986) and Carroll (1988); and to Varanodontinae by Modesto et al. (2001), Maddin et al. (2006) and Spindler et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Varanopseidae by Langston and Reisz (1981), Reisz (1986) and Carroll (1988); and to Varanodontinae by Modesto et al. (2001), Maddin et al. (2006) and Spindler et al. (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1937 | Aerosaurus Romer pp. 92-93 |
1981 | Aerosaurus Langston and Reisz p. 74 |
1986 | Aerosaurus Reisz |
1988 | Aerosaurus Carroll |
2001 | Aerosaurus Modesto et al. p. 256 fig. 7 |
2006 | Aerosaurus Maddin et al. p. 964 |
2018 | Aerosaurus Spindler et al. |
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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.
G. †Aerosaurus Romer 1937
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†Aerosaurus greenleeorum Romer 1937
†Aerosaurus wellesi Langston and Reisz 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |