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Massospondylidae

Reptilia - Massospondylidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Massospondylidae Huene p. 13
1920Massospondylidae Huene p. 162
1998Massospondylidae Sereno p. 63
1999Massospondylidae Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2
2004Massospondylidae Sues et al. p. 240
2005Massospondylidae Knoll p. 84
2007Massospondylidae Smith and Pol p. 670 fig. 7
2007Massospondylidae Upchurch et al. p. 62 fig. 3
2009Massospondylidae Martínez p. 162 fig. 22
2010Massospondylidae Yates p. 750
2011Massospondylidae Apaldetti et al. p. 16 fig. 13
2011Massospondylidae Novas et al. p. 341 fig. 4
2013Massospondylidae Apaldetti et al.
2015Massospondylidae McPhee et al. p. 19 fig. 12

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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
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Eusaurischia
Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
Massopoda
familyMassospondylidae
familyMassospondylidae

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. †Massospondylidae Huene 1914
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G. †Adeopapposaurus Martínez 2009 [far eating lizard]
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Adeopapposaurus mognai Martínez 2009
G. †Coloradisaurus Lambert 1983
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Coloradisaurus brevis Bonaparte 1978
G. †Glacialisaurus Smith and Pol 2007 [frozen lizard]
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Glacialisaurus hammeri Smith and Pol 2007
G. †Ignavusaurus Knoll 2010
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Ignavusaurus rachelis Knoll 2010
G. †Leyesaurus Apaldetti et al. 2011
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Leyesaurus marayensis Apaldetti et al. 2011
G. †Lufengosaurus Young 1940
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Lufengosaurus huenei Young 1940
Lufengosaurus magnus Young 1941
G. †Massospondylus Owen 1854
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Massospondylus hislopi Lydekker 1890
Massospondylus kaalae Barrett 2009
G. †Ngwevu Chapelle et al. 2019
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Ngwevu intloko Chapelle et al. 2019
G. †Pradhania Kutty et al. 2007
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Pradhania gracilis Kutty et al. 2007
G. †Sarahsaurus Rowe et al. 2011
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Sarahsaurus aurifontanalis Rowe et al. 2011
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available