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Deuterosauridae

Osteichthyes - Deuterosauridae

Taxonomy
Deuterosauridae was named by Seeley (1894). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Titanosuchia by Carroll (1988); to Deuterosauroidea by Ivakhnenko (2003); and to Tapinocephaloidea by Ivakhnenko (2008).

Subtaxa
Entered
by C. Sidor on 2003-01-23; modified by R. Butler on 2017-08-10

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Deuterosauridae Seeley p. 715
1988Deuterosauridae Carroll
2003Deuterosauridae Ivakhnenko
2008Deuterosauridae Ivakhnenko p. 109

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
Eutherapsida
suborderDinocephalia
infraorderTitanosuchida
superfamilyDeuterosauroideaSeeley 1894
familyDeuterosauridae
familyDeuterosauridae

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. †Deuterosauridae Seeley 1894
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G. †Mnemeiosaurus Nopcsa 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available