Askeptosauroidea
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| Askeptosauroidea | |
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| Skeleton of Endennasaurus acutirostris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Thalattosauria |
| Superfamily: | †Askeptosauroidea Kuhn-Schnyder, 1971 |
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Askeptosauroidea is a superfamily of thalattosaurs, a Triassic group of marine reptiles. Askeptosauroidea is one of two major subgroups of Thalattosauria, the other being Thalattosauroidea. It includes the family Askeptosauridae and a more basal form called Endennasaurus.[1]
Phylogeny
[edit]Below is a cladogram from Wu et al. (2009) showing the phylogenetic relationships of Askeptosauroidea:[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Liu, J.; Rieppel, O. (2005). "Restudy of Anshunsaurus huangguoshuensis (Reptilia: Thalattosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou, China" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3488): 1–34. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2005)488[0001:roahrt]2.0.co;2. ISSN 0003-0082. S2CID 55642315.
- ↑ Wu, X.-C.; Cheng, Y.-N.; Sato, T.; Shan, H.-Y. (2009). "Miodentosaurus brevis Cheng et al., 2007 (Diapsida: Thalattosauria): its postcranial skeleton and phylogenetic relationships" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 47 (1): 1–20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-22. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
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