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Anchisauridae (anchisaurid)

Reptilia - Anchisauridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Amphisauridae Marsh
1882Amphisauridae Sauvage p. 36
1884Amphisauridae Dollo p. 298
1884Amphisauridae Marsh p. 69
1884Amphisauridae Vetter p. 363
1885Anchisauridae Marsh p. 169
1888Anchisauridae Lydekker p. 148
1890Anchisauridae Zittel p. 730
1891Anchisauridae Baur p. 450
1895Anchisauridae Marsh
1896Anchisauridae Marsh p. 239
1901Anchisauridae Nopcsa p. 195
1902Anchisauridae Hay p. 491
1902Anchisauridae Huene
1902Anchisauridae Mansel-Pleydell p. lxxv
1905Anchisauridae Lambe p. 48
1907Anchisauridae Sauvage p. 9
1911Anchisauridae von Zittel p. 279
1912Anchisauridae Lull p. 411
1913Anchisauridae Tornier p. 368
1914Anchisauridae Jaekel p. 197
1915Anchisauridae Lull p. 118
1915Anchisauridae Matthew p. 32
1917Anchisauridae Lull p. 111
1920Anchisauridae Van Hoepen p. 140
1923Anchisauridae Nopcsa p. 125
1924Anchisauridae Lull p. 229
1928Anchisauridae Nopcsa p. 182
1930Anchisauridae Hay p. 170
1932Gryponychidae Huene
1932Palaeosauridae Huene
1937Anchisauridae Roxo p. 65
1942Gryponychidae Young p. 99
1942Paleosauridae Young p. 99
1946Gryponychidae Kuhn p. 65
1946Palaeosauridae Kuhn p. 65
1948Gryponychidae Huene p. 89
1948Palaeosauridae Huene p. 89
1953Anchisauridae Lull p. 98
1954Gryponychidae Haughton and Brink p. 4
1956Palaeosauridae Romer p. 614
1959Palaeosauriscidae Kuhn p. 425
1961Paleosauridae Colbert p. 76
1963Palaeosauridae Parsch p. 4
1964Palaeosauridae Colbert p. 20 fig. 6
1964Gryponichidae Tatarinov p. 535
1964Palaeosauridae Walker p. 105
1966Palaeosauriscidae Kuhn p. 94
1966Anchisauridae Kuhn p. 97
1968Gryponychidae Maleev p. 95
1970Palaeosauriscidae Colbert p. 27
1970Gryponychidae Reig p. 276
1970Anchisauridae Steel p. 47
1971Anchisauridae Galton p. 790
1971Palaeosauridae Kuhn p. 16
1973Anchisauridae Benedetto
1973Anchisauridae Galton p. 247
1976Anchisauridae Galton p. 88
1976Anchisauridae Galton and Cluver p. 132
1978Anchisauridae Anderson and Cruickshank p. 31
1978Anchisauridae Bonaparte p. 316–317
1978Anchisauridae Van Heerden p. 188–189
1979Anchisauridae Benton p. 143
1980Anchisauridae Ostrom p. 22
1981Anchisauridae Cooper p. 694
1984Anchisauridae Olsen and Galton p. 92
1984Anchisauridae Russell p. 28
1985Anchisauridae Attridge et al. p. 128
1985Anchisauridae Galton
1986Anchisauridae Bakker p. 461
1986Anchisauridae Battail p. 48
1988Anchisauridae Carroll
2005Anchisauridae Galton et al. p. 30
2007Anchisauridae Upchurch et al. p. 62 fig. 3
2009Anchisauridae Martínez p. 162 fig. 22

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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
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Eusaurischia
Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
Bagualosauria
Plateosauria()
Anchisauria
Prosauropoda()
familyAnchisauridae
familyAnchisauridae

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. †Anchisauridae Marsh 1885 [anchisaurid]
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G. †Actiosaurus Sauvage 1883
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Actiosaurus gaudryi Sauvage 1883
G. †Ammosaurus Marsh 1891
G. †Gyposaurus Broom 1911
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Gyposaurus sinensis Young 1940
G. †Senqutrisauropus Ellenberger 1970
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Senqutrisauropus priscus Ellenberger 1970
Invalid names: Amphisauridae Marsh 1882 [synonym], Gryponichidae Huene 1932 [synonym], Palaeosauridae Huene 1932 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. A. v. Zittel 1890irbel amphicöl und wie die übrigen Skeletknochen hohl ; die grossen inneren Hohlräume von dünnen aber dichten Knochenwänden umgeben. Schambeinedünn, stabförmig. Ischia sehr schlank, distal verbunden. Astragalus ohne aufsteigenden Fortsatz. Hand und Fuss fünfzehig, die äussersten Zehen rudimentär.
B. F. Nopcsa 1901postorbitale, az állkapocs elöl fogakkal, A csigolyák biconcávak, 2 —3 sacrumcsigolya. Pubes karcsú vagy széles, interpubes hiányzik, távolabbi végei egyesítve vagy össze nem növe. Ilium hälul kiszélesedett. Az astragaluson nincsen processus ascendens. Kéz és láb 5 ujjal (Anchisauridae, Plataeosauridae, Marsh); legegyszerübb triászkoru alakok.

[postorbitale, jaw with teeth in front, vertebrae biconcave, 2–3 sacrum vertebrae. Pubes slender or broad, interpubes absent, distal ends merged or not joined together. Ilium widened. There is no processus ascendens on the astragalus. Hands and feet with 5 fingers (Anchisauridae, Plataeosauridae, Marsh); simplest Triassic forms.]
R. S. Lull 1924Small, lightly built, with hollow bones, but strong limbs; ilium broadened behind the acetabulum; teeth partly rudimentary; astragalus without ascending process; Triassic.
B. F. Nopcsa 1928base of skull narrowed; condyle directed obliquely backward; lightly built animals
F. v. Huene 1948 (Palaeosauridae)Small, semiquadrupedous. Triassic.