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Lepidosauromorpha
Reptilia -
Taxonomy
Lepidosauromorpha was named by Benton (1983). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Gauthier et al. (1989) and Ezcurra (2016).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Lepidosauromorpha by Gauthier et al. (1989), Laurin (1991), Renesto and Bernardi (2014) and Ezcurra (2016).
It was assigned to Neodiapsida by Benton (1985) and Laurin (1991); to Diapsida by Carroll (1988) and Peng et al. (2001); to Reptilia by Meyer and Zardoya (2003); to Diapsida by Renesto and Bernardi (2014); and to Sauria by Gauthier et al. (1989) and Ezcurra (2016).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Lepidosauromorpha by Gauthier et al. (1989), Laurin (1991), Renesto and Bernardi (2014) and Ezcurra (2016).
It was assigned to Neodiapsida by Benton (1985) and Laurin (1991); to Diapsida by Carroll (1988) and Peng et al. (2001); to Reptilia by Meyer and Zardoya (2003); to Diapsida by Renesto and Bernardi (2014); and to Sauria by Gauthier et al. (1989) and Ezcurra (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1983 | Lepidosauromorpha Benton |
| 1985 | Lepidosauromorpha Benton p. 154 |
| 1988 | Lepidosauromorpha Carroll |
| 1989 | Lepidosauromorpha Gauthier et al. p. 343 fig. 9 |
| 1991 | Lepidosauromorpha Laurin p. 83 fig. 11 |
| 2001 | Lepidosauromorpha Peng et al. p. 26 |
| 2003 | Lepidosauromorpha Meyer and Zardoya |
| 2014 | Lepidosauromorpha Renesto and Bernardi p. 201 |
| 2016 | Lepidosauromorpha Ezcurra pp. 270, 282 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Holman 2000, Head 2005, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lopingian to the top of the Holocene or 259.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 252.17 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 252.17 Ma
Collections (3096 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lopingian | Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) | Ganasauripus ladinus (188750) | |
| Induan | Australia (Queensland) | Kudnu mackinlayi (85560) | |
| Induan | China (Xinjiang) | Santaisaurus yuani (93419) | |
| Induan | Russian Federation (Nizhnii Novgorod) | Blomosaurus ivachnenkoi (94247) | |
| Early/Lower Triassic | Germany (Saarland) | Lepidosauria indet. (36204) | |
| Induan - Olenekian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Paliguana whitei (13043) | |
| Induan - Olenekian | Russian Federation (Orenburg) | Rhynchocephalia indet. (37040) | |
| Smithian | Russian Federation (Orenburg) | Rhynchocephalia indet. (196057) | |
| Spathian | Russian Federation (Orenburg) | Scharschengia sp. (196059) | |
| Olenekian | Poland (Malopolskie) | Lepidosauromorpha indet., Diapsida indet. (38528) | |
| Aegean | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Trachelosaurus fischeri (134498) | |
| Aegean - Bithynian | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Eifelosaurus triadicus (134292) | |
| Aegean - Bithynian | USA (Arizona) | Anisodontosaurus greeri (34888 95112) | |
| Anisian | United Kingdom (England) | Coartaredens isaaci (88977) | |
| Pelsonian - Illyrian | Italy (Alto Adige) | Megachirella wachtleri (194383) | |
| Longobardian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Lepidosauria indet. (101873) Rhynchocephalia indet., Fraxinisaura rozynekae, Vellbergia bartholomaei (101875) | |
| Carnian | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Sphenodontia indet. (105292) Sphenodontidae indet. (207798) | |
| Carnian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Clevosaurus hadroprodon (203745) | |
| Carnian | USA (Virginia) | Lepidosauria indet., Sphenodontia indet. (39159) | |
| Carnian | USA (Texas) | Sphenodontidae indet. (84271) | |