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Proreptilia (disused)

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Proreptilia was named by Haeckel (1876).

It was reranked as the subclass Proreptilia by Gadow (1898) and Perrier (1928).

It was assigned to Reptilia by Gadow (1898) and Perrier (1928); and to Prosauria by Roxo (1937).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Proreptilia Haeckel
1898Proreptilia Gadow p. 17
1928Proreptilia Perrier p. 3117
1937Proreptilia Roxo p. 42

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassProreptilia(Haeckel 1876)
subclassProreptilia(Haeckel 1876)

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.

Subcl. †Proreptilia Haeckel 1876
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Perrier 1928Vertèbres temnospondyles. Membres bien développés, à ceintures de type terrestre. Apparentés aux Slégocéphales, mais pourvus de vertèbres gastrocentriques, — Fossiles du Permien de l'Amérique du Nord.