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Mosasauria (disused)

Reptilia

Taxonomy

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Mosasauria Leidy p. 343
1898Mosasauri Gadow p. 24
1903Mosasauria Osborn p. 276
1904Mosasauria Osborn p. 114
1910Mosasauri Jaekel p. 336
1911Mosasauri Jaekel p. 154
1928Mosasauria Perrier p. 3118
1935Globidens timorensis Huene p. 415
1946Mosasauria Kuhn p. 61
1995Mosasauroidea Caldwell et al.
2003Mosasauroidea Bardet et al. p. 608
2004Mosasauroidea Schulp et al. p. 744
2005Mosasauroidea Bell and Polcyn p. 178
2007Ophidiomorpha Palci and Caldwell
2008Mosasauroidea Schulp et al. p. 1
2011Ophidiomorpha Vullo et al. p. 282
2012Mosasauroidea Gauthier et al.
2013Mosasauroidea Bell Jr. et al. p. 574
2013Mosasauroidea Pyron et al.
2015Mosasauroidea Garcia et al. p. 498
2015Mosasauria Reeder et al.
2016Mosasauroidea Frey et al. p. 20
2018Mosasauroidea Hornung et al. p. 544

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
Episquamata
ToxicoferaVidal and Hedges 2005
superfamilyMosasauria
superfamilyMosasauria

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.

Superfm. †Mosasauria
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Perrier 1928Mandibules reliées par un ligament ; bassin sans connexion avec la colonne vertébrale. Crâne de Lézard. Vie marine.