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Askeptosauroidea

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Askeptosauroidea
Temporal range: Triassic
Skeleton of Endennasaurus acutirostris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: †Thalattosauria
Superfamily: †Askeptosauroidea
Kuhn-Schnyder, 1971
Subtaxa

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

Below is a cladogram from Wu et al. (2009) showing the phylogenetic relationships of Askeptosauroidea:[2]

Thalattosauria

References

  1. ^ Liu, J. (2005). "Restudy of Anshunsaurus huangguoshuensis (Reptilia: Thalattosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou, China" (PDF). American Museum Noviates. 3488: 1–34. ISSN 0003-0082. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ 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.


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