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Sauranodontes (disused)

Reptilia - Rhynchocephalia - Sauranodontes

Taxonomy
Sauranodontes was named by Lortet (1892). Its type is Sauranodon.

It was corrected as Sauranodontidae by Boulenger (1893), Osborn (1903), Huene (1922) and Kuhn (1946); it was synonymized subjectively with Sphenodontidae by Cocude-Michel (1963); it was synonymized subjectively with Saphaeosaurinae by Kuhn (1966).

It was assigned to Rhynchocephalia by Boulenger (1893) and Osborn (1903); to Rhynchocephalia by Lortet (1892) and Huene (1922); and to Sphenodontina by Kuhn (1946).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Sauranodontes Lortet p. 29
1893Sauranodontidae Boulenger p. 210
1903Sauranodontidae Osborn p. 467
1922Sauranodontidae Huene p. 26
1946Sauranodontidae Kuhn p. 62

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
superorderLepidosauria()
orderRhynchocephalia
familySauranodontes
familySauranodontes

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. †Sauranodontes Lortet 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available