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Caseosaurus

Reptilia - Herrerasauridae

Taxonomy
Caseosaurus was named by Hunt et al. (1998).

It was synonymized subjectively with Chindesaurus by Langer (2004).

It was assigned to Herrerasauridae by Hunt et al. (1998); and to Dinosauriformes by Nesbitt et al. (2007).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Caseosaurus Hunt et al. p. 530 fig. 3
2007Caseosaurus Nesbitt et al. pp. 225-226

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
familyHerrerasauridae
genusCaseosaurus

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.

G. †Caseosaurus Hunt et al. 1998
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Caseosaurus crosbyensis Hunt et al. 1998
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. P. Hunt et al. 1998Herrerasaur whose ilium differs from Staurikosaurus and Herrerasaurus in possessing: (1) an elongate and dorsoventrally narrow posterior blade; (2) a narrow ridge on the lateral margin that extends from the anterodorsal margin of the acetabulum to the anterodorsal anterior spine (senu Novas, 1993); (3) a highly reduced brevis fossa; and (4) a semicircular margin dorsal to the acetabulum; differs from Chindesaurus bryansmalli in possessing a less deep brevis shelf which does not extend to the posterior margin, a lateral longitudinal ridge (for sacral rib articulation) which is placed more ventrally and a much thinner (less than half) posterior blade in dorsal view.