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Sauria

Reptilia

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1800Saurii Latreille
1802Sauria MacCartney
1849Sauria d'Orbigny p. 204
1854Sauria Mantell p. 646
1859Sauria Owen p. 140
1882Sauri Quenstedt p. 155
1898Sauria Gadow p. 24
1902Sauria Hay p. 473
1928Ascalabota Gilmore
1928Sauria Gilmore p. 14
1928Sauria Perrier p. 3118
1930Sauria Hay p. 242
1942Ascalabota Gilmore p. 264
1964Sauria Antunes p. 137
1964Sauria Estes p. 101
1966Sauria Kuhn p. 45
1971Sauria Welles and Gregg p. 49
1972Sauria Sulimski p. 34
1974Sauria Haubold p. 38
1976Sauria Sahni and Srivastava p. 925
1980Sauria Wiffen p. 508
1983Sauria Estes
1985Sauria Benton p. 157
1986Sauria Sullivan p. 109
1991Sauria Barbera and Macuglia p. 421
1994Sauria Lingham-Soliar p. 269
1995Sauria Clos p. 254
1995Sauria Lingham-Soliar
2003Sauria Muller

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Eosuchia()
Neodiapsida
suborderSauria(MacCartney 1802)
suborderSauria(MacCartney 1802)

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.

Subor. Sauria MacCartney 1802
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Or. Autosauri Haeckel
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Invalid names: Chamaeleontes Wiegmann [empty], Geckones Spix 1825 [empty]
Infraor. †Eolacertilia Robinson 1967
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Invalid names: Fulengidae Carroll and Galton 1977 [empty], Naocephalus Cope 1872 [nomen dubium], Naocephalus porrectus Cope 1872 [nomen dubium]
Subor. Iguaniformes Hay 1930
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Invalid names: Chamaeleonoidae Hay 1930 [empty], Iguanoidae Hay 1930 [empty]
G. †Lacertipus Haubold 1971
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Lacertipus navajoensis Haubold 1971
Invalid names: Ascalabota Gilmore 1928 [invalid subgroup], Geckonidi Perrier 1928 [empty], Labyrinthodontidae d'Orbigny 1849 [empty], Lacertidi Perrier 1928 [empty], Mosasauriformes Hay 1930 [empty], Saurii Latreille 1800 [synonym], Vermilinguii Perrier 1928 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Perrier 1928Humérus et fémurs mobiles surtout dans un plan horizontal, l'animal demeurant élevé à la hauteur de l'avant-bras et de la jambe. Les deux moitiés de la mandibule unies par une symphyse; os carré mobile; cloaque-s'ouvrant par une fente transversale, de chaque côté de laquelle, existe, chez le mâle, un organe copulateur rétractile. Membres parfois rudimentaires ou même nuls.