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Saurosternidae (disused)

Reptilia - Saurosternidae

Taxonomy
Saurosternidae was named by Haughton (1924). Its type is Saurosternon.

It was assigned to Eosuchia by Kuhn (1946); to Eosuchia by Kuhn (1966); and to Lepidosauromorpha by Benton (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Saurosternidae Haughton
1946Saurosternidae Kuhn p. 63
1966Saurosternidae Kuhn p. 35
1985Saurosternidae Benton p. 157

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
familySaurosternidaeHaughton 1924
familySaurosternidaeHaughton 1924

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. †Saurosternidae Haughton 1924
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available