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Varanodontinae
Taxonomy
Varanodontinae was named by Modesto et al. (2001). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Modesto et al. (2001) and Reisz and Laurin (2004) and Maddin et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Varanopseidae by Modesto et al. (2001); to Varanopidae by Reisz and Laurin (2004), Maddin et al. (2006) and Berman et al. (2014); and to Neovaranopsia by Spindler et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Varanopseidae by Modesto et al. (2001); to Varanopidae by Reisz and Laurin (2004), Maddin et al. (2006) and Berman et al. (2014); and to Neovaranopsia by Spindler et al. (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Varanodontinae Modesto et al. p. 256 fig. 7 |
| 2004 | Varanodontinae Reisz and Laurin pp. 378, 385 fig. 7 |
| 2006 | Varanodontinae Maddin et al. p. 957 |
| 2014 | Varanodontinae Berman et al. p. 70 fig. 5.10 |
| 2018 | Varanodontinae Spindler et al. |
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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.
Subfm. †Varanodontinae Modesto et al. 2001
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G. †Aerosaurus Romer 1937
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†Aerosaurus greenleeorum Romer 1937
†Aerosaurus wellesi Langston and Reisz 1981
G. †Mycterosaurus Williston 1915
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†Mycterosaurus longiceps Williston 1915
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Invalid names: Basicranodon fortsillensis Vaughn 1958 [synonym], Eumatthevia bolli Broom 1930 [synonym]
Invalid names: Basicranodon Vaughn 1958 [synonym], Eumatthevia Broom 1930 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Virgilian | USA (New Mexico) | Aerosaurus greenlorum, Aerosaurus greenleeorum, Ruthiromia elcobriensis (34761) | |
| Virgilian - Wolfcampian | USA (New Mexico) | Aerosaurus wellesi (77412) | |
| Artinskian | Germany (Thuringia) | Varanopseidae new sp. (80112) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Oklahoma) | Mycterosaurus sp., Varanopseidae indet. (67862) | |
| Artinskian - Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Eumatthevia bolli (71671) Mycterosaurus longiceps (28250) | |
| Leonardian | USA (Texas) | Varanops brevirostris (68171) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Varanosaurus brevirostris (28264) | |
| Roadian - Wordian | USA (Oklahoma) | Varanodon agilis (27479) Watongia meieri (27475) |